For the first time since 2009 , when the site Monstat collect data on the number of tourists ,it was stated that the number of tourist in a summer month was lower. In fact Monstat announced that during Julyit recorded 11,000 or 3.1 percent fewer arrivals , or 3.6 percent lower rates compared to the same month last year , the Montenegrin tourist laborers not surprised because they are aware that in private houses during the season was much less tourists.
This is the first time since 2009. since the site Monstat data on the number of tourists , it is a summer month there were fewer guests than in the same month a year earlier.
However, Monstat data do not coincide with those reported throughout entire summerby the representatives of the National Tourism Organization ( NTO) and the Ministry of Tourism . Counting the same tourists as they Monstat from week to week thay claim that their number is higher than in the same period 2012th year .
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Monstat confirm that the decline in the number of tourists affected by weaker visits from countries in the region , as well as reducing the number of domestic tourists from 37 to 31 thousand .
Chairman of the sector of private accommodation in the Montenegrin Tourism Association (CTU ) Petar Ivkovic believes that the differences in comparison to last year is much higher than it shows Monstat because except in August tourists in private houses were almost non-existent .
