Excellent Tourism Results in September – Arrivals and Overnight Stays Up by 3%

According to data from the eVisitor system, which records tourism activity in commercial and non-commercial accommodation establishments, as well as nautical charter activity through the eCrew system, Croatia recorded 20.1 million arrivals and 104.9 million overnight stays from January to the end of September. Compared with the same period last year, this represents an increase of 2% in arrivals and 1% in overnight stays. Of the total number of overnight stays, 100.5 million were recorded along the Adriatic coast, up 1% year-on-year, while mainland Croatia, including the City of Zagreb, recorded 4.4 million overnight stays, also an increase of 1%.

The eVisitor data also show that Croatia recorded 2.6 million arrivals and 14.3 million overnight stays in September this year, representing a 3% increase in both arrivals and overnight stays compared with September last year. The largest number of overnight stays in September was generated by visitors from Germany, Austria, Croatia, Slovenia, Poland, the Czech Republic, the UK and the USA, among other markets. By county, Istria, Split-Dalmatia County and Kvarner recorded the highest number of overnight stays, while Dubrovnik, Rovinj, Split, Umag and Medulin were the leading destinations.

Looking at tourism results by county, the highest number of overnight stays in the first nine months of the year was recorded in Istria (29.5 million), Split-Dalmatia County (19.9 million) and Kvarner (17.6 million). The leading destinations were Rovinj, Dubrovnik, Poreč, Split, Umag and Medulin.

By source market, visitors from Germany generated the highest number of overnight stays in the first nine months of the year (20.8 million), followed by Croatia (13 million), Slovenia (10.8 million), Austria (7.7 million), Poland (7.2 million), the Czech Republic (5.1 million), Hungary (4 million), Italy (3.9 million) and the UK (3.8 million), among others.