The Association of Travel Agencies of the Czech Republic has revealed that
the number of tourists visiting Prague has dropped for the first time
since 1989. In the first quarter of 2006 the Czech capital saw 2.9 million
visits by foreign tourists - four percent less than the same period one
year ago.
Roughly two-thirds of those who come to the Czech Republic visit the Czech
capital. Reasons for the drop in the number of visitors 17 years after the
Velvet Revolution says a representative of the Association of Travel
Agencies, include the fact that many more Europeans are now familiar with
the city. Meanwhile, although Prague saw fewer visitors in the first
quarter of this year than before, the number of
visitors from further abroad such as the US, Russia, Japan and China,
continues to increase.