page_title: Tourism in Pristina
section_title: Yugoslav Prishtina
hierarchical_section_title: Tourism in Pristina / Yugoslav Prishtina
caption_attribution_description: English: Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports - The Kosova Art GalleryDeutsch: Ministerium für Kultur, Jugend und Sport - Die Kosova KunstgallerieFrançais&#160;: Ministère de la culture, de la jeunesse et des sports - La Galerie d'Art du KosovoLëtzebuergesch: Konscht-, Jugend- a Sportministère - Kosova KonschtgallerieShqip: Ministria e Kulturës, Rinisë dhe Sportit - Galeria e Arteve e Kosovës - Prishtinë
context_page_description: Tourism in Pristina attracted 36,186 foreign visitors in 2012, which represents 74.2% of all visitors that visited Kosovo during that year. Foreign visitors mostly come from countries like Albania, Turkey, Germany, United States, Slovenia and Macedonia, but also from other countries. Some of the most visited places in Pristina are Batlava Lake and Gadime Marble Cave, which are also among the most visited places in Kosovo.
  Pristina 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 grew by more than 10 thousand visitors since 2008, when there were 25,434 visitors. During the first quarter of 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 an annual Tourism Fair in Pristina, which is intended to attract foreign visitors to Kosovo.
context_section_description: Prishtina was impacted from Yugoslavia because it was part of Yugoslav Federation for a few decades, taking elements of The Yugoslav Style, where such buildings can be seen even today.
  University of Pristina is a public higher education institution located in Pristina, Kosovo. It comprises 14 faculties located in Prishtina and three branches in other cities of Kosovo. The University of Pristina is an Albanian-language higher education institution, emerged after the Kosovo War. It occupies the campus in Prishtina, Kosovo, serving as the major university in the area of Kosovo.
  National Library of Kosovo is the highest library institution in Kosovo. It was founded from Kosovo Parliament and its main intention was collecting and conserving intellectual heritage of Kosovo and for Kosovo. Its collections are a very precious treasure of national, regional and world heritage. From the year 1999, this central library institution of Kosovo is known with the name: National and University Library of Kosovo, by functioning as a center of library information in national level, that collects, refines and conserves library materials that have an important role in culture, art and science.
  National Art Gallery of Kosovo was founded in 1979 as a cultural institution to present visual art and collect valuable works. More than 500 exhibitions have been organized by this institute. The gallery also encourages young artists by organizing exhibitions showing the work of these young artists. The National Art Gallery of Kosovo is located in the University of Prishtina's campus right after the National and University Library of Kosovo. The building was used by the National Museum of Kosovo.
  The Monument of Unity and Brotherhood has three 15 meters high columns, that symbolizes the union and brotherhood (a favorite Yugoslav slogan) of three nationalities in Kosovo (Albanians, Serbs and Montenegrins). In the basement of the columns the inscription 1961 can be seen, which most probably marks the year of foundation of this monument.
  Boro Ramiz is a Youth and Sport Palace, that served as a perfect example to reflect on the planning manner in the Yugoslav era, where there were discos, concert and sport halls, but today it has been transformed more in a trading center, where there can be found different shops, and also a basketball field, which is the area where the basketball team of the city holds its training sessions.
  Hivzi Sylejmani Library is a city library that was founded in the year 1930. It became famous from the ex-executive of Regional Committee of Communist Party of Kosovo, Miladin Popoviq. In the year 1948, this building became a library of the city of Prishtina.
caption: Art Gallery of Kosovo
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