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Bratislava City Gates Unsealed, Summer Tourist Season Kicks Off

Bratislava City Gates Unsealed, Summer Tourist Season Kicks Off

Bratislava, April 21 (TASR) – The symbolic unsealing and opening of the Bratislava city gates on Saturday officially kicked off the summer tourist season in Slovakia’s capital shortly ahead of the feast of Saint George, one of the city’s most popular saints in the past, albeit not an official

Vanfleteren: Slovakia Still Unknown for Belgian and Dutch Tourists

Vanfleteren: Slovakia Still Unknown for Belgian and Dutch Tourists

Brussels, February 4 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia, which became independent in 1993, is still largely an unknown country for potential tourists from Belgium and the Netherlands, TASR was told by Belgian entrepreneur Gerdi Vanfleteren at the Holiday Fair-Brussels (February 1-4) on Sunday. “They still don’t know about it. They still ask

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

High Tatras, August 5 (TASR) – As many as 19,227 tourists came through the alpine environment of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) in High Tatras on Wednesday (August 2), according to results of the latest visitor census annually organised by TANAP State Forest. Among the most numerous groups were Slovaks,

New Information Centre Opened in Centre of Bratislava's Old Town

New Information Centre Opened in Centre of Bratislava's Old Town

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Domestic as well as foreign tourists will find it easier to get around the Slovak capital Bratislava thanks to a newly opened information booth on Hviezdoslav Square in the Old Town centre, TASR learnt from the city’s tourist organisation the Bratislava Tourist Board (BTB) on

UNESCO Project to Help to Show Poloniny National Park to World

UNESCO Project to Help to Show Poloniny National Park to World

Nova Sedlica, May 7 (TSAR) – A UNESCO-sponsored micro-project is due to be launched in the autumn in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians in order to unfold the largely hidden potential for tourism at the Poloniny National Park in north-eastern Slovakia, TASR learnt on Sunday. James Rebanks, a member

Kurilla Welcomes Idea of Using UNESCO Brand for Sustainable Tourism

Bratislava, May 4 (TASR) – An international conference entitled Leveraging the UNESCO Brand for Sustainable Tourism Development in Central European Regions, due to take place in Bardejov Spa (Presov region) on Friday (May 5), is an opportunity for Slovakia to make more effective use of sites included in the World Heritage

Tourist Numbers Reach Historic Highs in 2016

Tourist Numbers Reach Historic Highs in 2016

Bratislava, March 1 (TASR) – Last year saw Slovakia’s tourist numbers topping the five million mark for the first time, as the number of holiday-makers, both Slovak and foreign, peaked at 5.023 million, TASR learnt from the Statistics Office on Wednesday. The tally was 16 percent higher on a