The majority of foreign tourists who have visited Macedonia in January came from Greece, Albania and Serbia.
3.417 Greek visitors arrived in Macedonia and realised a total of 5.550 nights, 2.210 tourists came from Albania realising 3.611 nights followed by Serb tourists (1.513) who stayed for a total of 2.299 nights, according to data of the State Statistical Office.
The number of tourists in January 2013 was 31.764 and compared to the previous month there is a rise of 1.2% - the number of domestic tourists increased by 5.2%, whereas that of foreign tourists decreased by 2.3%. Compared to the same period in 2012, the number of tourists decreased by 5.9%, and the number of nights spent fell by 5.7%.
The number of nights spent by tourists was 66.984 in January, which is a 5.9% increase compared to the previous month. The number of nights spent by domestic tourists increased by 18.7%, while those by foreign tourists decreased by 6.1%. The number of nights spent by domestic tourists in January, compared to the same period last year, decreased by 1.0%, and the number of nights spent by foreign tourists decreased by 10.8%.
