Tourism in the High Tatras experienced the most successful year in history of Slovakia

The y-o-y growth of accommodated tourists was 16 percent.

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Last year was the most sucessful year for tourism in the High Tatras in the modern history of Slovakia, according to Regional Organisation of Tourism (OOCR) High Tatras.

The evaluation includes accommodated visitors since 1993, when the Slovak Republic was established.

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Summer season successful

“2019 was an extraordinary year, when the number of accommodated visitors reached two-digits, at 16 percent in comparison to 2018,” said Lucia Blašková, director of the OOCR, as quoted by the SITA newswire.

There were about 3.9 million one-day visitors in 2019. She said the summer season was the most successful.

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