Its natural features enable the development of tourism, transport, and special agricultural crops.

More than two-thirds of gross value added are generated by services (trade, accommodation, and transport); most was generated by activities at the Port of Koper and through seaside and spa tourism.

The Coastal–Karst Statistical Region includes four cities and towns, the largest of which is Koper.

[6] The Coastal–Karst Statistical Region comprises the following eight municipalities: It has an area of 1,044 km2 and an estimated 112,942 inhabitants (at 1 July 2015)—of whom almost half live in the coastal city of Koper—and the second-highest GDP per capita of the Slovenian regions.

This region has the highest percentage of people employed in tertiary (services) activities.