100,000 TOURISTS VISIT PLITVICE NATIONAL PARK IN AUGUST

PLITVICE, Sept 1 (Hina) - About 100,000 tourists visited Plitvice National Park last month, of whom as many as 70 per cent were foreigners, park director Stipe Dujmovic said on Monday. In the first eight months of this year, the park, which had been under rebel Serb occupation for four years, was visited by 270,000 holidaymakers. Admission and hotel prices were lowered by 20 per cent on Monday so that good results were also expected in the off-season, particularly in the second half of September for when numerous student groups had announced their trips. (hina) vm mm 011146 MET sep 97