In the first eight months of 2019, Croatia observed 16.49m tourist arrivals (+5.1%) and 90.1m tourist nights (+1.7%). When observing solely August, tourist arrivals amounted to 4.97m (+7.9%), while tourist nights amounted to 33.05m (+2.7%).
As the Croatian Tourist Board published their Tourism report for August 2019, we are bringing you key takes from it. According to the report, in the first eight months of this year, Croatia observed 16.49m tourist arrivals, representing an increase of 5.1% YoY. Of that, foreign tourists account for 14.71m (+4.6% YoY). German tourists traditionally lead the list with 2.37m arrivals (+4.5%), followed by Slovenian (1.33m arrivals) and Austrian (1.18m) tourist.
Meanwhile, tourist nights amounted to 90.1m, representing an increase of 1.7% YoY. Of that, foreign tourist account for 87.8%. Once again, German tourists observed the highest amount of tourist nights (16.98m), representing a slight decrease of 0.54% YoY.
Tourist Arrivals and Tourist Nights (Jan – Aug 2018 vs Jan – Aug 2019) (m)
In the first eight months, the most visited place was Rovinj, which recorded 3.33m tourist nights. Dubrovnik and Poreč follow with 3.24m and 2.85m tourist nights, respectively.
When observing the arrivals and nights realized by the type of accommodation, one can observe that private accommodation leads the list with 5.94m arrivals (+6.3%) and 34.5m tourist nights (+2.5%). Next come hotels, with 5.62m arrivals (+6.5%) and 19.4m tourist nights (+1.8%). Camps follow with 2.46m arrivals (+0.5%) and 16.2m tourist nights (-1.2%).
Tourist Arrivals by Type of Accommodation (m)
Tourist Nights by Type of Accommodation (m)
August 2019
According to the Croatian Tourist Board, in August 2019, Croatia observed 4.97m tourist arrivals, representing an increase of 7.9%. Of that, foreign tourist account for 4.58m (+7%). Meanwhile, tourist nights amounted to 33.05m, which is an increase of 2.73% YoY.
Tourist from Germany once again recorded the most tourist arrivals (0.8m) and tourist nights (6.5m).
When observing the arrivals and nights realized by the type of accommodation, one can observe that private accommodation leads the list with 2.22m arrivals (+8.7%) and 14.2m tourist nights (3%). Next come hotels, with 1.17m arrivals (+7.6%) and 5.1m tourist nights (+2.5%). Camps follow with 0.84m arrivals (+6.4%) and 6.1m tourist nights (+2%).
