31 December 2016
Hotels in Ohrid and most of the smaller private accommodation have been fully booked for the New Year holidays. Hotelkeepers are delighted and hope that the 10% reduction in the turnover from the few months of 2016, will litten the upcoming holiday weekend. Traditionally, besides domestic tourists being the largest number of visitors in Ohrid […]
29 April 2016
Regardless of the instability the country is in, with its unstable and rainy weather, many guests traveled to Ohrid to spend the Easter weekend there. Hoteliers boasted that they have sold over 90 percent of their capacity. Private apartments offer housing at prices from 400 denars per bed, to 50 euros to daily rent an […]
19 August 2015
Many of the Dutch tourists who are vacationing in Macedonia have gotten ill with a mysterious virus which causes vomiting and diarrhea, reports the online edition of NL Times. The paper cites that two thirds of Dutch tourists are stuck in toilets in the hotels Izgrev Spa and Akva Park instead of enjoying themselves on […]
12 June 2015
According to data of the State Statistical Office, the number of tourists in April 2015 amounted to 52,298, while the number of nights spent amounted to 103,727. The number of tourists in April 2015, compared to April 2014, increased by 17.6 percent, and the number of nights spent increased by 10.3 percent. The number of […]
15 April 2015
Before the forthcoming season, tourism workers expect more foreign visitors than last year, and it is estimated that the number will be higher by 10 percent. The first tourists from Denmark arrived in Ohrid, and at the beginning of May are expect traditional guests from the Netherlands and Belgium. Director of the Agency for Promotion […]
10 April 2015
Beautiful sunny weather and the many guests from the country and abroad in Macedonian tourist metropolis Ohrid created an atmosphere typical of the high summer season. With buses and small private vehicles, thousands of guests from Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and other countries came to Ohrid and Struga. The first large group from Denmark […]
5 April 2015
Hundreds of guests, mostly from Greece, but also from Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia and other countries, are staying on the banks of Ohrid Lake for a holiday, Easter weekend. The most visited, by about 150 guests from Greece, is the hotel “Drim” in Struga. In Ohrid, tourists are located mainly in smaller hotels. Cold weather and […]
14 February 2015
Macedonian Government subsidizes Bulgarian tour operators who organize group trips to Macedonia, said yesterday in Sofia Kristijan Dzhambazovski, Director of the Macedonian Agency for promotion and development of tourism. – Subsidies are given for organized tourism to Macedonia by bus, train and plane. All forms of transportation are covered,” stated Dzhambazovski, who attends the international […]
