Tourism in the Czech Republic

Charles Bridge in the historic centre of Prague

There is a long history of tourism in the Czech Republic. Prague is one of the most visited cities of the world, with 6–8Template:Nbspmillion visitors per year.

Visitors

In 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, residents made up 50.5% of guests who spent at least one night in accommodation facilities (a total of 11,107,866 visitors). In 2024, the share of domestic guests was 54.0% (in absolute numbers 12,330,012 visitors, which was the second most in history).<ref name=czsoregions>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2022, the share of tourists from Asian countries decreased significantly due to long-term anti-pandemic measures in these countries, canceled direct flights and the political situation in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Most non-residents arriving to the Czech Republic and staying overnight are from the following countries (countries with at least 200,000 visitors per year):<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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Rank	Country	2024	2019
	Total	10,488,342	10,890,500
1	Template:GER	2,377,682	2,075,460
2	Template:SVK	899,174	749,631
3	Template:POL	841,541	671,857
4	Template:USA	562,578	584,627
5	Template:GBR	530,442	495,728
6	Template:ITA	435,446	409,731
7	Template:AUT	347,152	285,457
8	Template:UKR	340,750	272,082
9	Template:FRA	276,867	306,875
10	Template:ESP	271,014	261,910
11	Template:NLD	256,789	248,898
12	Template:KOR	255,424	387,563
	Template:Flagdeco Mainland China	173,814	609,727
	Template:RUS	40,764	564,083

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Visitors by region

Prague is by far the most visited Czech city. In 2018, it was the 28th most visited city in the world.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Number of visitorsTemplate:Efn in 2024 by regions<ref name=czsoregions/>
Region	Total	Non-residents	Residents
Czech Republic	22,818,354	10,488,342	12,330,012
Prague	8,079,195	6,506,081	1,573,114
Central Bohemian	1,362,921	292,591	1,070,330
South Bohemian	1,750,407	515,149	1,235,258
Plzeň	899,304	313,201	586,103
Karlovy Vary	1,390,692	754,421	636,271
Ústí nad Labem	634,283	210,121	424,162
Liberec	1,172,695	206,751	965,944
Hradec Králové	1,543,362	326,286	1,217,076
Pardubice	529,479	68,678	460,801
Vysočina	685,619	88,748	596,871
South Moravian	2,178,788	736,927	1,441,861
Olomouc	750,056	137,530	612,526
Zlín	817,876	116,263	701,613
Moravian-Silesian	1,023,677	215,595	808,082

Tourist attractions

In 2024, the thirty most visited tourist destinations in the country (plus the most visited tourist destinations by remaining regions) were:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rank	Destination	No. of visitors (in thousands)	Region
1	Prague Castle	2,568.9	Prague
2	Petřín funicular	1,505.5	Prague
3	Prague Zoo	1,387.4	Prague
4	Aquapalace Prague	1,140.9	Central Bohemian
5	Lower Vítkovice	931.0	Moravian-Silesian
6	Aqualand Moravia	865.7	South Moravian
7	Zlín-Lešná Zoo	765.6	Zlín
8	Safari Park Dvůr Králové	729.8	Hradec Králové
9	Ostrava Zoo	630.6	Moravian-Silesian
10	Petřín Lookout Tower	578.8	Prague
11	Old Town Hall	559.6	Prague
12	Pilsner Urquell Brewery	537.3	Plzeň
13	Adršpach-Teplice Rocks	510.4	Hradec Králové
14	iQ Park & iQ Landia science center in Liberec	494.8	Liberec
15	Plzeň Zoo	473.9	Plzeň
16	Prague Botanical Garden	415.3	Prague
17	Žižkov Television Tower	400.6	Prague
18	Olomouc Zoo	377.4	Olomouc
19	Liberec Zoo	350.7	Liberec
20	Aquapark in Uherské Hradiště	348.4	South Moravian
21	Mirakulum amusement park	346.5	Central Bohemian
22	Jihlava Zoo	345.0	Vysočina
23	Petřín Mirror Maze	344.5	Prague
24	Chairlift in Prague Zoo	317.8	Prague
25	Lednice Castle	306.4	South Moravian
26	Sedlec area in Kutná Hora	305.6	Central Bohemian
27	Strahov Monastery	298.9	Prague
28	Municipal House	295.3	Prague
29	Svatý Kopeček Hill in Mikulov	294.5	South Moravian
30	Lysá hora	293.1	Moravian-Silesian
35	Ohrada Zoo in Hluboká nad Vltavou	266.6	South Bohemian
36	Zoopark Chomutov	260.5	Ústí nad Labem
41	Sky Bridge 721	235.0	Pardubice
67	Loket Castle	161.5	Karlovy Vary

The Czech Republic has 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including two transnational. One of them is natural, the rest is cultural.

Tourist regions

For the needs of tourism, the Czech Republic is divided into 17 tourist regions, further divided into 40 subregions. The regions partly overlap with the administrative regions, but natural areas of tourist importance are set aside. The subregions further distinguish natural and cultural areas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col