2012 saw Ljubljana tourism set several new records. The number of overnights rose by 6.1% in comparison with the previous year.

The number of overnights in December was up by 4.6%.

According to data from Ljubljana Tourism, in 2012 Ljubljana recorded a grand total of 839,348 overnights, 6.1% up on 2011, which saw 790,748 overnights. (source: TIC)

In December 2012 there was a total of 50,197 overnights in Ljubljana, a rise of 4.6% over December 2011. (source: TIC)

Ljubljana Tourist Information Centres were also well visited in December, counting 16,037 visitors, an impressive 43% more than in the same period in 2011 (2011: 11,235). Of these, 4,831 were local people, 13% up (2011: 4,279) and 11,206 were foreigners (2011: 6,956), which itself is 61% more visitors than in the same period in 2011.

In total in 2012, TIC was visited by 278,972 people, an increase of 3% year on year (2011: 269,667). The official Ljubljana Tourism public institute website, which was given an innovative relaunch with responsive design in 2012, saw a record number of visitors in December, a grand total of 85,032, who went to the website overall 111,220 times, amounting to 60% more hits compared with December 2011.
New Year’s Eve in Ljubljana

The New Year celebrations attracted a total of 4,300 overnight visitors to Ljubljana. Occupancy rates were at approximately 80% of Ljubljana’s total capacity, or 99.2% as monitored by TIC, a rise on New Year last year of 16.2%.

Ljubljana’s firework display to welcome in the New Year also found itself among distinguished company in terms of these celebrations around the world, from New York to Beijing. Images by photographer Jure Makovec, who saw the fireworks from Šmarna gora, were published on the website BostonGlobe.com (photo no. 37).