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When it comes to outsourcing business services or offshoring your operations, Slovenia is a superb choice

Slovenia’s geographical advantage, multiple languages, cultural diversity, excellent infrastructure and cost-effective support functions give it a cutting edge for big and small international companies seeking entry into the markets of East and Southeast Europe.

Transport by rail and road prevails over air traffic due to Slovenia’s short distances. The transport system consists of more than 20,000 km of modern roads, 1,229 km of railway lines, three airports for international passenger and freight transport, an international cargo port and several smaller ports.

Port of Koper

Slovenia’s marinas and the Port of Koper serve the businesses in the land-locked Central European countries to send and receive goods by sea and as a starting point for family cruises or regattas. The deep-water port boast a broad line-up of facilities for the thriving container operations, auto and bulk business. It provides the shortest link for transporters to the Mediterranean, and through the Suez Canal to the Middle and the Far East. Cargo sent by train to the distribution centre in the Port of Koper travels ten days less than cargo sent by sea from North European ports. The port operator is planning a range of new facilities, as well as distribution and logistics functions to strengthen its status of an entry/exit port for the European internal market.

Slovenia's national air carrier Adria Airways has a modern fleet that carries well over one million passengers annually aboard scheduled flights to 24 European cities. Ljubljana boasts a recently modernised airport and caters to over 1.3 million passengers, and over 15,000 tonnes of goods a year.

Infrastructure Environment, 2006
The networked Readiness Index

Source: World Economic Forum, The Global Information Technology Report 2006-2007