More foreign vessels on cruise in the Croatian Adriatic in 2022 compared to 2021

In 2022, a total of 82 foreign vessels on cruise arrived in the Croatian Adriatic 

In 2022, foreign vessels on cruise sailed the Croatian Adriatic during all months, which is a certain recovery compared to 2021, when the first foreign vessel on cruise arrived as late as June.

In the period from January to December 2022, a total of 82 foreign vessels on cruise arrived in Croatian seaports, which realised 632 journeys. There were 634 thousand passengers on board who stayed for 1 324 days in Croatia.

The number of journeys of foreign vessels on cruise as well as the number of passengers on board these vessels was three times higher in 2022 than in 2021, when, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stricter epidemiological measures were introduced that limited journeys of foreign vessels on cruise. The number of their sojourns was twice as high as in 2021.

Comparing the data of 2022 with those of 2019, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign vessels on cruise are noticeable. In 2022, the number of foreign vessels on cruise decreased by 12.9%, the number of their sojourns by 9.7% and the number of passengers on board these vessels by 43.5% compared to 2019.

Dubrovnik, the most visited seaport

The majority of visits of foreign vessels on cruise was realised in the seaport of Dubrovnik (408 visits), followed by the seaports of Split (272 visits), Zadar (143 visits), Hvar (98 visits), Korčula (91 visits), Rovinj (63 visits) and Šibenik (60 visits).

Additional information can be found in the First Release.

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