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Tourism in Pristina attracted 36,186 foreign visitors in 2012,[1] which represents 74.2%[2] of all visitors that visited Kosovo during that year. Foreign visitors mostly come from countries like Albania, Turkey, Germany, United States, Slovenia and North Macedonia,[3] but also from other countries. Some of the most visited places in Pristina are Lake Batllava and Gadime Marble Cave, which are also among the most visited places in Kosovo.[4]
Pristina is the first touristic destination in Kosovo[5] and the main air gateway to Kosovo.[6] The number of foreign visitors that have visited Prishtina during 2012 grew by more than 10 thousand visitors since 2008, when there were 25,434 visitors.[7] During the first quarter of 2013 the number of hotels in Prishtina was 24 from 102 hotels that were in total in Kosovo and during the third quarter of the year 2013, 18.85% of hotel capacity were used and during the same period of that year, in Prishtina 423 rooms were with one bed, 268 rooms with two beds, 13 rooms with three beds, 49 apartments and 6 residents.[8]
Since 2009, Kosovo Tourism Association organizes an annual Tourism Fair in Pristina,[9] which is intended to attract foreign visitors to Kosovo. In the International Tourism Fair held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2013, 4 day packages have been presented that a tourist from Asia can enjoy in Kosovo, starting from Pristina, then continuing in Peja, Gjakova and concluding in Prizren.[10]
Pristina is a place that is known as a university center of students[11] from regional countries like Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia[12] and it represents a plateau of the combination of native, Ottoman and Yugoslav culture.[13] Its people are people that are known for hospitality[14][15][16] and religious tolerance,[17][18][19] where people in the city are mostly Muslims, but there are also Catholics, Orthodoxes, Atheists and people of other religions.[20] Around 23% of the people belong the group age of 16–27,[21] who are also very optimistic.[22]
Pristina has played a very important role during the World War II,[23] being a shelter for Jews, whose cemeteries now can be visited.[24][25]
Coffee bars are a representative icon of Prishtina[13][26] and they can be found almost everywhere and are also centers of different festivals and events. In the region of Prishtina there is Gracanica monastery, which is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[27]
- ^ "Hotel Statistics in Q3 2013 (Alb. Statistikat e hotelierisë TM3 2013)" (PDF). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. 2013. p. 9.
- ^ "Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 'Hotel Statistics in Q3 2013'" (PDF). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. 2013. p. 9.
- ^ "Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 'Statistikat e hotelierisë TM3 2013'" (PDF). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. 2013. p. 13.
- ^ "12 thousand foreign tourists visited Kosovo (alb. 12 mijë turistë të huaj e vizituan Kosovën)". 2013.
- ^ Spasevski, +Jugoslav (August 10, 2012). "Kosovo".
- ^ "Travellers' guide to Kosovo". Travellerspoint.
- ^ "Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 'Statistikat e hotelierisë TM3 2012'" (PDF). Kosovo Agency of Statistics. 2013. p. 13.
- ^ "Kosovo Agency of Statistics, 'Statistikat e hotelierisë TM3 2012'" (PDF). KAS. 2013. p. 5.
- ^ Nesër hapet panairi i parë i turizmit në Kosovë (i plotësuar)
- ^ Kosovo attends, for the first time, the International Tourism Fair in Tokyo, Japan [1]
- ^ "World city guide". Turkish Airlines. 2009. p. 104.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "'University of Prishtina' 1970-2005". University of Prishtina. 2005. p. 33.
- ^ a b "Kosovo Travel Guide".
- ^ "Pristina in your pocket" (PDF). 2013. p. 9.
- ^ Rowley, Tom (February 4, 2016). "Kosovo: what to see in Europe's newest country". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "7 Surprising Reasons to Visit Kosovo". October 28, 2013.
- ^ Wales Prince Charles interested about the religious tolerance in Kosovo (Alb. Princ Charles i Walesit interesohet për tolerancën fetare në Kosovë) [2]
- ^ Religious tolerance has always existed and exists in Kosovo (Alb. Toleranca fetare gjithnjë ka ekzistuar dhe ekziston në Kosovë) [3]
- ^ Dialog about the religious tolerance in Kosovo (Alb. Dialog mbi tolerancën fetare në Kosovë) [4]
- ^ "Demographic data about municipalities(Alb. Të dhënat demografike sipas komunave)" (PDF). 2013. p. 52.
- ^ "Demographic data about municipalities(Alb. Të dhënat demografike sipas komunave)" (PDF). 2013. p. 18.
- ^ Kosovars and Albanians, the happiest people in the region (Alb. Kosovarët dhe shqiptarët, popujt më të lumtur në rajon), [5]
- ^ "Kosovo Virtual Jewish History Tour". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ^ "PHOTOS: U.S. And Kosovo Students Unite To Restore Jewish Cemetery". HuffPost. June 24, 2011.
- ^ Material Culture and the history of the city of Prishtina (Alb. Kultura materiale dhe historia e qytetit të Prishtinës), [6]
- ^ "World city guide". Turkish Airlines. 2009. p. 104.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Medieval Monuments in Kosovo". UNESCO World Heritage Centre.