Over the same period, the Statistics Office recorded a 6.4% increase in the number of tourist arrivals and a 4.3% growth in the number of nights spent at the country's accommodation facilities.

In June alone, receipts from incoming tourism amounted to EUR 243 million, an annual growth rate of as much as 9.3%. In the 12 months to the end of June, the revenue added up to EUR 2.76 billion.

Last year, Slovenia's revenue from incoming tourism rose by 11.6% to EUR 2.7 billion.

The national tourism strategy's goal is to increase revenue to between EUR 3.7 billion and 4 billion by increasing tourist arrivals to 5.5 million and nights spent to between 16 million and 18 million with the average length of stay of between 3.1 and 3.4 days.