National park´s Plitvice Lakes rakes in record number of tourists in 2010

Croatian national park Plitvice Lakes (Plitvicka Jezera) registered a record number of tourists and overnight stays last year, the park's PR department has reported.The area - which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site - was visited by 981,000 tourists or five per cent more guests than in 2009. The majority of visitors came from Germany, Italy and France.The biggest increase in organised visits comes from Japan, the daily Vjesnik writes.Plitvice made 50 million kunas (6.8 million Euros) profit in 2010.

Source: Croatian Times Online News