In the first eight months of this year, the Montenegrin hotels welcomed 913,981 guests, i.e. there were 17.2 per cent more guests compared to the same period last year. In addition, 3,508,608 overnight stays were registered, i.e. 9.2 per cent more than last year, suggest the latest preliminary data of the Montenegrin Statistical Office, MONSTAT.
MONSTAT’s latest data also indicate another positive trend: in June, July and August 2018, there were 517.160 guests who stayed in Montenegrin hotels, while this year there were 571,632 guests. In 2018, there were 2.485.411 overnight stays in hotels, and this year-2.644.762 overnights. The number of foreign tourists in Montenegro who stayed in collective accommodation (hotels, camping sites, tourist resorts, vacation facilities, boarding houses, motels, etc.) was 827,356, that is, 3,151,272 overnight stays.
The August results additionally contributed to the average hotel stay in our country. The average stay was 3.3 in June, 3.55 in July, while the average stay of all tourists visiting MNE from the beginning of the year to the end of August reached 3.84 per guest. Concerning the average overnight stays by the regions, it ranged from 4.12 in the coast to over 2 overnights in the north, and 1.66 overnight stay in the capital, Podgorica.
