There are the following official

tourism regions A tourism region is a geographical region that has been designated by a governmental organization or tourism bureau as having common cultural or environmental characteristics. These regions are often named after historical or current administrati ...

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

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The districts (okresy) completely or partly included in the regions are indicated in brackets: *

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approximately 140% of ...

and surroundings (Bratislava, Malacky, Pezinok, Senec) *

Záhorie Záhorie ( hu, Erdőhát) is a region in western Slovakia between by the Little Carpathians to the east and the Morava River to the west. Although not an administrative region, it is one of the 21 official tourism regions in Slovakia. Záhorie ...

(Malacky, Myjava, Senica, Skalica) *Podunajsko Danube_River_region.html" ;"title="Danube.html" ;"title="Danube">Danube River region">Danube.html" ;"title="Danube">Danube River region(Dunajská Streda, Galanta, Komárno, Nové Zámky, Šaľa) *Považie [ Váh region] (Hlohovec, Nové Mesto n/Váhom, Piešťany, Trenčín, Trnava) *Horné Považie Upper Váh region (Bytča, Ilava, Považská Bystrica, Púchov, Žilina) *Ponitrie [ Nitra River region] (Bánovce nad Bebravou, Nitra, Partizánske, Prievidza, Šaľa, Topoľčany, Zlaté Moravce) *

Kysuce Kysuce is a traditional informal name of a region in north-western Slovakia, situated around the Kysuca river and bordering the Orava region in the east, Poland in the north and the Czech Republic in the west. It consists of two districts: Čadc ...

(Čadca, Kysucké Nové Mesto) * Orava (Dolný Kubín, Námestovo, Tvrdošín) * Turiec (Martin, Turčianske Teplice) * Horehronie Upper_Hron_River_region.html" ;"title="Hron.html" ;"title="Upper Hron">Upper Hron River region">Hron.html" ;"title="Upper Hron">Upper Hron River region(Banská Bystrica, Brezno) *Pohronie [ Hron River region] (Banská Štiavnica, Levice, Zlaté Moravce, Žarnovica, Žiar n/Hronom) *Podpoľanie [ Territory below the Poľana Mountains]
Detva
Krupina, Zvolen) * Novohrad (Levice, Lučenec, Poltár, Veľký Krtíš) * (Revúca, Rimavská Sobota, Rožňava) *

Liptov Liptov () is a historical and geographical region in central Slovakia with around 140,000 inhabitants. The area is also known by the German name ''Liptau'', the Hungarian ''Liptó'', the Latin name ''Liptovium'' and the Polish ''Liptów''. Etym ...

(Liptovský Mikuláš, Ružomberok) *

Tatras The Tatra Mountains (), Tatras, or Tatra (''Tatry'' either in Slovak () or in Polish () - ''plurale tantum''), are a series of mountains within the Western Carpathians that form a natural border between Slovakia and Poland. They are the high ...

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Kežmarok Kežmarok (german: Kesmark or ; hu, Késmárk, yi, קעזמאַרק, Kezmark, pl, Kieżmark) is a town in the Spiš region of eastern Slovakia (population 16,000), on the Poprad River. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the ...

Poprad Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the t ...

) *

Spiš Spiš (Latin: ''Cips/Zepus/Scepus/Scepusia'', german: Zips, hu, Szepesség/Szepes, pl, Spisz) is a region in north-eastern Slovakia, with a very small area in south-eastern Poland (14 villages). Spiš is an informal designation of the territory ...

(Gelnica, Levoča, Spišská Nová Ves) * Zamagurie Territory_behind_the_Spišská_Magura_Mountains.html" ;"title="Spišská_Magura.html" ;"title="Territory behind the Spišská Magura">Territory behind the Spišská Magura Mountains">Spišská_Magura.html" ;"title="Territory behind the Spišská Magura">Territory behind the Spišská Magura Mountains(Stará Ľubovňa) *Šariš (Bardejov, Prešov, Sabinov, Stropkov, Svidník) *Košice and surroundings (Košice, Košice-okolie) *Horný Zemplín (region), Zemplín [ Upper Zemplin] (Humenné, Medzilaborce, Snina, Vranov n/Topľou) *Dolný Zemplín Lower Zemplin(Michalovce, Sobrance, Trebišov)

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*Bratislava *Záhorie *Podunajsko *Dolné Považie Lower Váh region*Stredné Považie Middle Váh region *Severné Považie Northern Váh region *Nitriansko Nitra region *Horná Nitra Upper region *Orava *Turiec *Horehronie *Pohronie *Tekov (Dolné Pohronie) Lower Hron region *Hont *Zvolensko-Podpoľanie *Novohrad (Poiplie)

Ipeľ The Ipeľ ( Slovak; ) or Ipoly ( Hungarian) (German: ''Eipel'', archaic Slovak: ''Jupoľ'', Latin: ''Bolia'') is a long river in Slovakia and Hungary, a tributary of the Danube River. Its source is in central Slovakia in the Slovak Ore Mountai ...

region ] * *Liptov *Zamagurie *Tatras *Spiš *Košice *Šariš *Horný Zemplín *Dolný Zemplín

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