Very few Slovak towns live on tourism; Bojnice is one of them. The château, the zoo, the spa and the hotels around them are the local economy, and most people who do not work in them commute the few minutes to Prievidza. The two built-up areas ran into each other long ago and now work as one place with two names. The coal that paid for the neighbour's half of that arrangement stopped at the end of 2023, when Slovakia ended its support for electricity made from domestic lignite — which makes the visitors matter more, not less.Len málo slovenských miest žije z cestovného ruchu; Bojnice medzi ne patria. Zámok, zoo, kúpele a hotely okolo nich sú miestnym hospodárstvom a kto v nich nepracuje, dochádza pár minút do Prievidze. Zastavané územia oboch miest do seba dávno vrástli a dnes fungujú ako jedno miesto s dvoma menami. Uhlie, ktoré platilo susedskú polovicu tohto usporiadania, sa skončilo na konci roka 2023, keď Slovensko ukončilo podporu elektriny z domáceho lignitu — a návštevníci tým získali väčšiu, nie menšiu váhu.
