After 2010, a sharp increase in tourist visits was recorded in urban municipalities, and they became the most important group of tourist municipalities (with about 29% of all tourist arrivals and 36% of all foreign tourist arrivals in Slovenia in 2019). A large part of the growth in tourist visits was in the municipality of Ljubljana, which recorded 18% of all tourist arrivals and 23% of all foreign tourist arrivals in Slovenia in 2019. The Covid-19 pandemic hit urban municipalities the hardest. At the end of the article, it is pointed out that, on the one hand, Ljubljana has become one of the fastest growing and most important tourist destinations in Central Europe and, on the other hand, the increased tourist visits to Slovenia have not been reflected in the visits of other urban municipalities such as Celje, Murska Sobota, Velenje, Slovenj Gradec and Krško, which are far behind in both the number of tourists and the share of foreign tourists. This clearly shows that their tourist potential is relatively low and that the development of the tourist offer and infrastructure is still pending.
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