Ljubljana: Tourists who visit Ljubljana can now stay in the Slovenian capital's first sleeping capsules after the city's Central Hotel put up 10 capsules in a former telephone switchboard room.

"This is a new story in Slovenia," said Matej Rigelnik, chief executive officer of the hotel.

Slovenia, the native country of US First Lady Melania Trump, has seen a surge in tourism since it joined the European Union in 2004 and the eurozone in 2007.

The Alpine state's capital has a picturesque medieval centre that stretches along the Ljubljanica river and a castle on a hill above the centre.

First hotel with sleeping capsules opens in Slovenian capital
Manager Smiljan Buzeti shows a room before the opening of the first hotel with sleeping capsules in the Balkans, in Ljubljana, Slovenia | Photo: Reuters
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Last year the number overnight stays by foreign tourists in Slovenia jumped by 15.4 percent, with most of them coming from Germany, Italy, Austria, Netherlands and Croatia.

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