Analyses / Statistics
Analyses / Statistics


In 1990, 8,278,586 tourist visited Croatia (of which 4,950,071 foreign) who realised 51,908,721 overnights (33,838,130 by foreign guests). In the next decade, war, change of political system and change from socialist to the free market economy, affected also tourism figures. In 1992 they fall to the lowest level - 2,135,000 tourists realised 11,005,000 overnights. But, already by 2000, 7,137,000 tourists and their 39,183,000 overnights were registered. Since 2000, due to the repositioning of Croatian tourism, positive image, improvement of product, catering facilities and infrastructure, Croatian tourism has had a steady increase.In 2006, 10,384,921 tourists (8,658,876 foreign) realised 53,006,946 overnights ( 47,021,944 by foreign tourists). It is important to notice that, for different reasons, some 26% of total hotel facilities used until 1991, are still out of use.
In 2006, most foreign tourists came from Germany (17,8%) Italy (14,3%), Slovenia (10,5%), Austria (9,1%), Czech Republic (6,9%) and followed by tourists from France (5,8%), Hungary (4,7%), Poland (3,2%), the Netherlands (2,8%), Slovakia (2,5%) and from other countries (22,4%).
In 2006, 64.41% of travellers to Croatia arranged their own holidays, while 35.59% guests used tour operator or travel agency services. Between 70 and 80% of these packages and bookings were organised or serviced by UHPA member agencies.


- 15.10.07. Year's first 8 months see 8% more arrivals, 6% more nights more

- 10.10.07. Croatia visited by increasing number of foreign cruise ships more

- 06.09.07. Central Bureau of Statistics releases figures on tourist season more

- 30.07.07. Croatia sees more tourist arrivals than last year more

- 25.07.07. More than 1.1 million tourists enter Croatia over weekend more

- 20.07.07. Half a million foreign tourists in Adriatic more

- 16.05.07. Kalmeta:We expect record tourist season this year more

- 04.04.07. Croatia's 2006 tourism revenue exceeds EUR 6 bln more

- 20.03.07. Croatian National Tourist Board: Increasing Number of Arrivals and Tourist Nights more

- 12.03.07. Croatia Ranked 38th on Tourism and Travel Competitiveness Scale more

- 20.02.07. Croatia Planning 2% Increase in Turnover in Tourism this Year more

- 17.01.07. Central Bureau of Statistics: Growth in Tourist Arrivals and Night Stays more

- 16.01.07. About 50% of Croatian Vacation Away >From Home - Survey more

- 05.01.07. Zagreb: Notable Increase in Tourist Traffic more

- 04.01.07. Over 10 Million Tourists in Croatia in 2006 more

- 06.12.06. Zagreb: Remarkable Increase in Tourist Arrivals more

- 15.11.06. Non-commercial Tourist Traffic: Tourist Arrivals up by 8% and Tourist Nights up by 5%more

- 13.09.06. July 2006: Tourist Arrivals in Zagreb 20.5 % up From July 2005more

- 17.07.06. January - May 2006: 4% Increase in Tourist Arrivals more

- 12.07.06. January � May: 111 Foreign Cruisers Visited Croatia more

- 07.07.06. June 2006: Adriatic Registers 10% More Tourists more

- 02.02.06. 10 Million Tourists Visited Croatia In 2005 more

- 26.01.06. Expected Growth in Tourism for 2006: 4-5% more

- 09.01.06. Travel Agencies Brought 1.96 Million Tourists to Croatia in January-September Period more

- 21.11.05. Research Results: HRK 6 Billion Tourist Investments in 2006 more

- 01.01.04. Travel statistics 2003 more



More data and statistic information can be found on Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development site www.mmtpr.hr.