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Prishtina in 2012 attracted 36,186 foreign visitors, which represents 74.2% of all visitors that visited Kosovo during that year. Foreign visitors mostly come from countries like Albania, Turkey, Germany, USA, Slovenia and Macedonia, but also from other places. Some of the most visited places in Prishtina are Batllava Lake and Gadime Marble Cave, which are also among the most visited places in Kosovo.
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Prishtina is the first touristic destination in Kosovo and the main air gateway to Kosovo. The number of foreign visitors that have visited Prishtina during 2012 has grown for more than 10 thousands visitors, in comparison with year 2008, when there were 25,434 visitors. During the year 2013 the number of hotels in Prishtina was 24 from 102 hotels that were in total in Kosovo and during the third quarter of the year 2013, 18.85% of hotel capacity were used and during the same period of that year, in Prishtina 423 rooms were with one bed, 268 rooms with two beds, 13 rooms with three beds, 49 apartments and 6 residents.
Since 2009, Kosovo Tourism Association organizes annually a Tourism Fair in Prishtina, which is intended to attract foreign visitors to stay in Kosovo. In the International Tourism Fair held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2013, 4 day packages have been presented that a tourist from Asia can enjoy in Kosovo, starting from Prishtia, then continuing in Peja, Gjakova and concluding in Prizren.
Prishtina is a place that is known as a university center of students from regional countries like Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and more and it represents a plateau of the combination of native, Ottoman and Yugoslav culture and it is a cross road between Europe and Asia. Its people are people that are known for hospitality, loyalty and religious tolerance, where people in the city are mostly Muslims, but there are also Catholics, Orthodox, Atheists and people of other religions. Around 23% of the people belong the group age of 16–27, which are also very optimistic.
Prishtina has played a very important role during the World War II, being a housing place of Jews, whose cemeteries now can be visited.
Prishtina is an icon of a lot of coffee bars, which can be found almost everywhere and are also centers of different festivals and events. In the region of Prishtina there is Gracanica monastery, which is in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.