In June, Croatia tourism rises to 2.7mn arrival

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Croatia witnessed 2.7mn arrival of tourists in June 2023, and 13.2mn nights in terms of commercial accommodations. It went up 2.8% and 0.9% respectively, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.

With approximately a fifth of the GDP coming from the travel sector, the economy of Croatia is till now the most dependent on international visitors among its European peers. Croatia last year generated €15bn in tourism alone. This corresponds to10% of all foreign tourism receipts in Southern Europe.

Domestic tourists showed 288,000 arrivals for 905,000 nights. It was down 0.6% in terms of arrivals however, it went up 0.1% in nights y/y. In the meantime, international tourists have grown considerably with 2.4mn arrivals followed by 12.3mn nights. This marked a 3.2% increase in arrivals
and a 0.9% growth in nights m/m.

In spite of a drop of 20.2% in terms of arrivals and 11.0% in night stay from Germans, the country still continued to be the top source of overseas tourists, accounting for 30.1% of nights and 19.4% of arrivals.

After Germany, Austria with 10.5%, Slovenia with 8.4%, Poland with around 8.2%, the Czech Republic with almost 6.3%, and the United Kingdom with 4.7%.

For domestic tourists, Crikvenica was the top place as overseas tourists loved Rovinj in June 2023.

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