City tourism is growing against disturbances, European Cities Marketing writes in their 2017 report. Prague ranks 7th in overnight stays with almost 16.8 mil bednights in 2016, a 5.5% increase year-on-year.
The top performers were London (75 mil bednights in 2016, but -3.2% year-on-year), Paris (44 mil, -8.2% y-ear-on-year) and Berlin (31 mil, +2.7% year-on-year). Vienna ranked 8th (almost 15.8 mil bednights in 2016, an increase by 4.1% year-on-year).
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For the first time in recent years, the increase in overnight stays of domestic tourists (6%) was higher than the increase in the number of overnight stays by foreign visitors, Radio Praha comments.