Tourism in Prague

Roberto Peretto

Reasons to visit Prague

 ECONOMY: 4th among the cosmopolices in Hotel Value for Money.

SAFETY:The Czech Republic was ranked as the 11th most peaceful and safe country of the world.  

Reasons to visit Prague

ARCHITECTURE:Golden Prague – This name was given to the city during the reign of Charles IV, when the towers of Prague Castle were covered in gold.

City of a hundred spires – More than hundred towers of Prague churches, palaces and historical houses.Variety of Styles – (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Cubist)

Reasons to visit Prague

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION:Prague, the heart of Europe – thanks to its central location in Europe Prague is very comfortable to revisit. HISTORY AND CULTURE:European city of culture – Prague has gained this title in the year 2000 thanks to its many museums and galleries housing unique collections, numerous theatres and concert halls.

Reasons to visit Prague

ENTERTAINMENT: -Musical and Cultural events; -Night life; -Family entertainment (zoo, parks…); -Shopping Centers; -Buskers.

Reasons to visit Prague

LOCAL PRODUCTS: -Beer -Bohemian Crystal -Guláš

Tourism after Communism

Throughout the 1990s Prague underwent a cultural, economic, and political transformation. The city was modernized, and it became a major tourist destination.

With the introduction of Free Market a lot of new Shops, Hotels, Restaurants and Enterprises opened.

The increased incoming of tourists influenced the trade of new products:

For example the introduction of ESPRESSOto satisfy the request of Italian tourists:

)(They alwaysasked for «Caffè Piccolo»)

The increased international tourism brought to the creation of a lot of:

MONEY EXCHANGE

TRAVEL AGENCIES

Evolution of tourism

In 2004 Czech Republic joined the European Union and as a consequence there was an increase of tourists

2003 3.024.575

2004 3.863.894

Tourism in 2014 In 2014 a total of 6,096,015 tourists visited

Prague; 780,961 of these were residents (12.8%) and 5,315,054 were non-residents (i.e. 87.2%).

• Total visitor growth in Prague: 3.3%

Source Countries

Country Guests Growth/Decline Growth/Decline (%)

1. Germany733,241

+56,108 +8.3

2. Russia473,571

-68,618 -12.7

3. USA388,817

+29,861 +8.3

4. United Kingdom337,373

+17,398 +5.4

5. Italy304,570

+18,393 +6.4

6. France220,072

-17,239 -7.3

7. Slovakia213,667

+12,875 +6.4

8. Poland187,570

+25,658 +15.8

9. Spain173,015

+8,321 +5.1

10. Other Asian Countries *

165,381 +15,903 +10.611. China

149,403 +35,049 +30.6

The highest number of foreign guests in 2014 came from Germany, as in previous years, with Russia coming in second and the USA coming in third.

The number of visitors from Russia in 2014 saw a quite noticeable decline in the number of visitors, (-12.7%) as a result of the Russia-Ukraine situation and the ruble’s fall in value.

Asian countries: The most Asian visitors to Prague came from China and South Korea Another promising source market in 2014 was Israel.

Comparing Prague tourism with total tourism in the CR

Collective accommodation establishments welcomed a total of 15,587,076 visitors in 2014 throughout the Czech Republic, representing an increase of 179,405 visitors (1.2%).

The total number of visitors to Prague holds a share of 39.1% in the total number of visitors to the Czech Republic

Sources:

http://www.britannica.com/ http://www.prague.net/ http://www.praguecitytourism.cz/ http://www.praguecitytourism.cz/ http://www.euromonitor.com/ https://www.czso.cz/