Non-European tourists are gradually making a return to Prague. However, tourists and visitors from inland and neighbouring countries still dominate
Prague, 9 August 2022 – According to the Czech Statistical Office, more and more tourists are coming to Prague. During the second quarter of this year, i.e. the period from April to June, 1,610,631 visited the metropolis. Tourists from non-European countries, especially from the USA, who are third most numerous among international travellers, have also started to come to Prague again. The positive upward trend in the number of domestic visitors is also borne out by the most current data. Domestic tourist numbers have grown by almost 40% against the same period in 2019. In the second quarter of the year attendance in the capital reached 75% of the pre-COVID period.
According to current data from the CZSO, a total of 1,610,631 tourists visited Prague in the second quarter of this year. This amounts to more than 100% up on the first three months of the year. Top attendance is still held by Czech tourists, of whom 430,930 visited the metropolis. Tourists from Germany, Slovakia, the USA and Poland are also traditionally among the leaders. The total number of nights spent in the metropolis was 3,548,898, with the average length of stay around 2.2 nights per person.
Following the Covid hiatus, Prague has also been welcoming non-European travellers. Most of them came from the United States, followed by tourists from Israel. The share of non-European visitors accounted for a fifth of the total number of visitors from abroad. Tourists from Southeast Asia and Russia are still coming to Prague only minimally.
Prague City Tourism is supporting summer arrivals and domestic tourism with strong marketing by means of summer campaigns and attracting tourists to various types of experiences. Recently, the organization has also teamed up with Mastercard to expand its offering for the more demanding clients and offering exclusive experiences.
“We are working together to change the image of Prague from a party destination to an upmarket metropolis to which tourists will be returning repeatedly for unmissable experiences, culture and monuments. With these concrete steps, we are progressively fulfilling the City’s strategy of sustainable tourism,” says Hana Třeštíková, Councillor for Culture and Tourism.
This is confirmed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Prague City Tourism, František Cipro: “The new approach and proposition is already being noticed by tourists themselves as well as by international media. Thanks to the Prague Visitor Pass we can offer a wide selection of tourist destinations and are constantly expanding our offer portfolio with additional places. We are happy to see tourists taking up the card, as evidenced by the numbers from the first holiday month, when we got to twice the number of cards sold compared to the previous month.”
He goes on to say: “Despite the fact that in terms of the numbers we are some way short of pre-pandemic figures, our assessment of Prague visitor numbers in recent months is relatively positive.”