ZAGREB, 8 March, 2021 - The number of tourist nights registered in Croatia's commercial accommodation establishments in 2020 was 41 million, falling by 55.3% from 2019, and recessing to levels registered about 20 years ago, according to the data provided by the national statistical office (DZS).

The DZS recalls that in 2019 Croatia saw a record high number of tourist nights, 91 million, which slumped in 2020 to levels registered about 20 years ago.

Despite travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Croatia had more foreign visitors than domestic ones, when 5.5 million foreigners travelled to Croatia and made 35.4 million overnight stays, down by 68% and 58% compared to 2019.

Broken down by country of origin, Germans topped the ranking, with 1.5 million German-passport holders visiting Croatia and making 11.7  million overnight stays, which was down by 49% and 40% respectively on the year.

In terms of nights spent in Croatia, Slovenians, Poles, Czechs , Austrians and Italians made it top six.

As many as 1.5 million Croatians travelled inside the country.

Istria registered highest number of guests

Istria County remained the most desirable destination with 1.7 million registered visitors (down 75% year-on-year), and 11.5 million overnight stays (-72%).

Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Split-Dalmatia Counties followed with 1.3 million and 1.2 milion arrivals. However, the latter had more nights, nearly eight million, while the former had 7.8 million.

The Istrian coastal city of Rovinj remained the most sought-after destination with the highest number of stays, 1.7 million. It was followed by two other Istrian destinations, Medulin and Poreč, both with 1.2 million overnight stays. Dubrovnik ranked fourth, with 776,000.

ZAGREB, November 15, 2020 - In the first nine months of this year, 6.6 million tourists stayed in commercial accommodation in Croatia, spending 39.7 million nights, which are decreases of 63.4% and 54% respectively compared with the same period of last year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS) shows.

Foreign tourists accounted for 82% of all tourist arrivals in the first three quarters of the year. A total of 5.4 million of them stayed in commercial accommodation, down by 66.1% compared with the same period of 2019, and spent 34.7 million nights, a decline of nearly 57%.

During the same period, Croatian tourists generated 1.3 million arrivals and 5 million overnight stays, which are decreases of 28.7% and 19.4% respectively compared with the first three quarters of 2019.

German tourists accounted for 33.3% of total foreign overnight stays, ahead of Slovenes (13.5%), Poles (12.4%), Czechs (9.2%) and Austrians (6%).

Statistics for September alone show that 488,200 tourists stayed in commercial accommodation, down by 77.5% compared with the same month in 2019. They spent 3.1 million nights, a drop of nearly 70%.

Croatian tourists generated 133,300 arrivals, a decrease of 24.1% compared with September 2019,  and 409,300 overnight stays, down by 19%. On the other hand, the number of foreign tourist arrivals was 354,800, a decline of 82,2%, and the number of nights spent by foreign tourists fell by 72.5% to 2.7 million.