STA, 1 October 2018 - The Financial Administration (FURS), which announced stepped up measures targeting a surge in undeclared vacation rentals at the end of last year, issued a total of EUR 237,000 in fines and charged EUR 230,000 in additional tax by the end of August.
STA, 20 September 2018 - Participants of a three-day meeting of ministers and state secretaries from China and Central and Eastern European countries, including Economy Ministry State Secretary Eva Štravs Podlogar, agreed that the Chinese tourism market was very important for CE Europe, including Slovenia.
STA, 11 September 2018 - The future of tourism, Tourism 4.0, will be created using high-performing computers, believes Tomi Ilijaš, the founder and CEO of Arctur, a leading high performance computer provider in Central and Eastern Europe. The tourism of the future must be a driving force of positive change, panellists at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) agreed on Tuesday.
STA, 2 September - Tourism services providers on the Slovenian coast are bidding farewell to what they say was a very successful summer season. In Portorož, last year's figures were exceeded and hotels' revenues are also higher than last year, Izola welcomed more guests than last summer. Reports from Koper are similarly positive.
Not everyone was in Bled.
"Experience Croatia, Feel Slovenia"
STA, 8 August 2018 - Trade unions and employers in the hospitality sector signed a new collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday. The deal, which has averted a strike at the peak of the tourist season, secures a yearly holiday bonus of EUR 1,000 for workers and tackles overtime.
STA, 5 August 2018 - The Slovenian Sovereign Holding (SSH) and Bank Assets Management Company (BAMC) own significant tourism assets between them. Several proposals have been floated regarding the management of these assets and it appears that at least for now, all options remain on the table.
STA, 31 July 2018 - Some 72% of Slovenian households could afford a week-long vacation last year, up three percentage points over the year before and the highest since the data series began in 2005, the Statistics Office said.