One in two Croatians aged 15 and over went on private trips with overnight stays

The most common motives for taking a trip - seaside vacation and visiting relatives and friends

In 2024, a total of 1.8 million Croatian citizens aged 15 and over, or 54.0% of the total population in this age group, went on at least one private trip with overnight stays. Compared to 2023, the number of citizens who went on private trips with overnight stays increased by 9.7%.
 
In 2024, Croatian population aged 15 and over took a total of 5.5 million private trips with overnight stays. Out of that, 3.6 million (65.6%) were realised in Croatia and
1.9 million (34.4%) abroad. Concerning trips abroad, the most often chosen destinations were Bosnia and Herzegovina (20.0% of the total realised private trips with overnight stays abroad), then Italy (14.3%), Slovenia (10.4%), Austria (10.3%), Germany (7.8%), Serbia (5.3%), Hungary (4.6%) and Spain (2.9%).
 
The largest number of private trips with overnight stays were traditionally taken during summer months. In June, July and August of 2024, a total of 2.2 million private trips with overnight stays were realised, which accounted for 40.3% of the total realised private trips with overnight stays that year.
 
The most common motives for taking a private trip with overnight stays in 2024 were seaside vacation and visiting relatives and friends. Seaside vacation was the reason for 1.6 million trips (28.6%), whereas for 1.5 million trips it was visiting relatives and friends (28.3%).
 
Total expenditures on private trips with overnight stays in 2024 amounted to 2.3 billion euro. Out of that, 1.2 billion euro, or 54.4%, were spent in Croatia and 1.0 billion euro (45.6%) abroad. Average expenditures per private trip with overnight stays in Croatia amounted to 344 euro and per private trip abroad to 551 euro.

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