15.3% more tourist arrivals and 4.0% more tourist nights in September 2023

Tourists from Germany realised 33.1% of all foreign tourist nights

In September 2023, the last summer month, there were 2.4 million arrivals and 11.6 million nights in commercial accommodation establishments, which was 15.3% more tourist arrivals and 4.0% more tourist nights compared to September 2022.
 
Domestic tourists realised 235 thousand arrivals and 650 thousand nights, which was 13.8% more tourist arrivals and 8.1% more nights compared to September 2022.

Foreign tourists realised 2.2 million arrivals and 10.9 million nights, which was 15.5% more tourist arrivals and 3.7% more tourist nights compared to September 2022.

Of all foreign tourists, those from Germany realised the most tourist nights, as much as 3.6 million of them, which accounted for 33.1% of the total realised foreign tourist nights. This is the fourth month in a row this year that the number of nights realised by German tourists was smaller than in the same period of 2022. Thus, in September 2023 the number of nights realised by tourists from Germany was 9.1% lower than in September 2022.
These were followed by tourists from Austria (10.8%), Poland (7.5%), Slovenia (6.5%), the Czech Republic (5.6%), the United Kingdom (5.2%) and Italy (2.8%). All tourists from the above-mentioned countries realised more nights in September 2023, as compared to September 2022, except for the tourists from Poland.

The most tourist nights realised in Rovinj 

The most tourist nights were realised in Rovinj, as much as 601 thousand, out of which 96.1% was realised by foreign tourists and 3.9% by domestic tourists. Compared to September 2022, both tourist arrivals and nights increased (16.1% more tourist arrivals and 5.4% more tourist nights). The most tourist nights in Rovinj in September 2023 were realised in the group Camping sites and camping grounds, 304 thousand, which accounted for a half (50.5%) of the realised tourist nights.These were followed by tourist nights realised in Dubrovnik (539 thousand), Poreč  (456 thousand), Split (386 thousand) and Umag (338 thousand). All those towns recorded an increase in tourist nights in September 2023 compared to September 2022.

Tourists aged 55 to 64 realised the largest number of nights in September 2023.

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