Charles Bridge in the historic centre of Prague

There is a long history of tourism in the Czech Republic. Prague belongs to the most visited cities of the world with 6–8 million visitors per year.

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.^[1]

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 2022, the share of domestic guests was 62.2% (in absolute numbers 12,080,764 visitors, which was the most in history).^[2] 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.^[3] Most non-residents arriving to the Czech Republic and staying overnight are from the following countries:^[4]

Rank	Country	2022	2019
	Total	7,343,400	10,890,500
1	Germany	1,842,729	2,075,460
2	Slovakia	776,216	749,631
3	Poland	612,917	671,857
4	United States	373,403	584,627
5	United Kingdom	316,093	495,728
6	Ukraine	285,302	272,082
7	Austria	263,420	285,457
8	Italy	251,964	409,731
9	Netherlands	223,421	248,898
10	France	213,251	306,875
	South Korea	67,005	387,563
	Russia	49,094	564,083
	Mainland China	34,123	609,727

Prague is by far the most visited Czech city. In 2018, it was the 28th most visited city in the world.^[5]

Tourist attractions

In 2021, the most visited tourist destinations in the country with at least 200,000 visitors were:^[6]

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