In H1, Croatia recorded 6.88m arrivals, marking 6% increase YoY Tourist nights amounted to 26.26m, representing an increase of 3%.

The Ministry of Tourism of the Republic of Croatia published an announcement regarding tourism in Croatia in H1 2019. According to it, in H1, Croatia recorded 6.88m arrivals, marking 6% increase YoY. Tourist nights amounted to 26.26m, representing an increase of 3%. Of that, foreign tourists recorded 5.86m arrivals (+6%) and 22.93m (+3%). Domestic tourists account for 1.02m arrivals (+6%) and 3.33 tourist nights (+4%).

The most foreign tourist nights were recorded by tourist from Germany, as much as 5.43m. Next come Austrian and Slovenian tourists with 2.33m and 2.3 tourist nights, respectively. Tourists from the UK follow with 1.43m tourist nights.

In H1, Istria County observed the highest amount of tourist nights, as much as 7.6m. Split – Dalmatia County follows with a 4.7m nights.  

When observing solely June, Croatia recorded 3.13m (+10%) tourist arrivals and 15m of tourist nights (+8%).

This week, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics will publish their report about tourism in May 2019, which we will also cover.