The number of tourist arrivals and nights kept increasing in May, the highest one recorded in the County of Istria

Germans realised one fifth of total tourist nights, return of tourists from the United Kingdom

In May 2022, tourists realised 1.2 million arrivals and 4.3 million nights in commercial accommodation establishments, which was 824 thousand more arrivals and 2.8 million more nights than in May 2021.

Domestic tourists realised 255 thousand arrivals and 563 thousand nights in May 2022, which was an increase of 92.6% in tourist arrivals and of 82.7% in tourist nights compared to May of the previous year.

Foreign tourists realised 976 thousand arrivals and 3.7 million nights in May 2022, which was 701 thousand arrivals and 2.5 million foreign tourist nights more than in May of the previous year.

Germans were still the most numerous tourists, but the return was recorded of tourists from the United Kingdom, who mostly chose to stay in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

The most foreign tourist arrivals and nights in May 2022 were realised by tourists from Germany, as much as 211 thousand arrivals (which was 21.6% of the total realised foreign tourist arrivals) and 1.0 million nights (which was 27.2% of the total realised foreign tourist nights).

These were followed by the nights realised by tourists from Austria (14.7%), the United Kingdom (8.9%), Slovenia (7.4%), Poland (5.1%) and France (3.8%). Compared to May 2021, a significant increase in arrivals and nights was realised by tourists from the United Kingdom. With 330 thousand nights in May 2022, they spent the most nights in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva (41.9%) and the County of Split-Dalmatia (31.0%).


Pleasant temperatures in May mostly drew tourists to visit the counties of Istria and Split-Dalmatia

In May 2022, the County of Istria realised the most tourist nights, 1.5 million, which was 34.2% of the total realised tourist nights. These were followed by the nights realised in the County of Split-Dalmatia with 723 thousand tourist nights, which was 17.0% of the total realised tourist nights.

The most tourist nights in May 2022 were realised in the group Hotels and similar accommodation, as much as 1.8 million, which was 42.6% of the total nights realised in commercial accommodation. Compared to May 2021, four times more tourist nights were realised in this type of accommodation.


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