MORE TOURISTS EXPECTED IN PRAGUE FOR EASTER

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This year will see Good Friday as a public holiday in the Czech Republic of the first time.

About 235,000 foreigners are expected to arrive in the Czech capital Prague for Easter, which is 7 percent more than last year, reports the Prague Post.

Easter Sunday falls on March 27 for people following the Western calendar. In the Czech Republic, Good Friday (Velký pátek) will be a public holiday for the first time due to a new law.  Easter Monday (Velikonoèní pondìlí) will continue to be a holiday as well, making a four-day weekend.

Most tourists will come from Europe for the long weekend, with many of the visitors expected from neighboring countries – Germany, Slovakia, Austria and Poland, according to projections by municipal agency Prague City Tourism.

Many visitors will also come from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain and France. Europeans in the last four years accounted for 70 percent of the total number of foreign visitors during the Easter holidays in Prague.

The expected boost in tourism in Prague is in part from people in other parts of the Czech Republic who will have Friday off this year for the first time.

About 30,000 Czechs are expected visiting the capital at the end of March to meet up with friends and family or just for a one day tour, Prague City Tourism said.

In Russia, Easter celebration will be May 1, so tourists from there are expected to come a bit later. Despite the number of Russian tourists decreasing in recent years, Russia remains one of the main tourist supplier to the Czech Republic.

This year, Prague City Tourism expects the 14 percent growth of tourists from Asia, due in part to new direct flights from several cities.

While not as important as the Christmas markets, Prague will again have Easter markets on Old Town Square, Wenceslas Square and other locations in the city, operated by several different companies.

The ones at Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square will open March 12 and end April 3. During that time, there will also be events for St Patrick’s Day on March 17.

The Old Town Square market will have live music and other entertainment daily, as well as activities for children such as painting eggs.

Animals including sheep and goats will be in a petting zoo.

Good Friday had been a holiday in Czechoslovakia up to 1951, when it was removed from the calendar by the then-communist government.

See more at http://www.praguepost.com/travel2/52150-more-tourists-expected-for-easter

Sources: www.praguepost.com, www.praguecitytourism.com

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