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Travel industry experts say that
small central European countries joining the European Union on May 1 are
unlikely to lose their identity as visitors flood in. The concerns increased following an announcement by
low-cost airline easyJet earlier in the year that it will start flights to
the Slovenian capital Ljublijana. “It is a viable worry,” Frances Tuke,
of the Association of British Travel Agents, told CNN. “There is always
some concern over any new travel destination that is poorer than the origin
of its tourists.” And Matthew Mavir, boss of lastnightoffreedom.com, a
stag and hen weekend package supplier, warned that Ljublijana could easily
lose its identity as the big tour operators move in. “It has happened
with Prague and Dublin, so there is a definite danger,” Mavir said. “The more money you can save on a low-cost flight to these places, the
more you have to spend on beer and going out.” easyJet’s
spokeswoman refuted this saying: “That is unfair: easyJet carries a
whole range of people from all walks of life, from students to lords and
ladies.” A spokeswoman from the Slovenian Tourist Board in London said
that Ljublijana attracted a sophisticated sector of the market that would
appreciate its charms. “Hotels in the city are still expensive,” she said.