Visitor numbers to national monuments and sites still below pre-Covid levels

More than four million people visited castles, chateaus and other objects administered by the National Heritage Institute (NPA) in 2024, which is five percent less than a year earlier. The lower visitor numbers in the summer were offset by heightened interest in the autumn and during Advent, when many institutions offer a special Christmas program, Blanka Černá, spokeswoman for the National Heritage Institute, told the Czech News Agency. Lednice Castle in the Břeclav region and Český Krumlov Castle attracted the most visitors. The annual number of visitors to NPA sites still remains below pre-Covid levels when approximately 5 million people visited the NPA's monuments.

The National Heritage Institute manages more than 100 buildings, including monasteries, churches, garden complexes, hospitals, villas and technical monuments, in addition to castles and chateaus. Some of them are also accessible during the winter; opening hours can be checked on the websites of the individual monuments. The main tourist season this year will start on 5 April.