Postojna Cave Visitor Number Highest in 24 Years

The lucky 600,000th visitor this year was a US tourist with Slovenian and Croatian roots who visited the cave earlier in the week with her husband and daughter.

She said that this was not her first time in the Postojna cave, as she already visited as a child.

The Postojna cave has recorded more than 35 million visitors since 17 August 1819, when Archduke Ferdinand I opened it to the public. The karst cave system measures some 21km, of which more than five are open to the public.

The cave operator has said that the 2014 business year was very successful. It added that a total of 900,000 people visited the cave or nearby destinations, such as Predjamski grad, a castle built into a vertical cliff.

While many tourist destinations in Slovenia were very unhappy with the weather this summer, the frequent rain seemed to have benefited Postojnska jama, which welcomed more than 5,000 visitors a day on several days in July.

The cave also attracted a record number of visitors over Easter this year, when more than 19,000 people flocked to the cave and the Predjama castle.

The Postojna cave moreover expects to see its visitor numbers surge for the last time this year in the coming days, as the cave will host the traditional nativity scene performances over the holidays.

Source: The Slovenia Times