Tourist arrivals decreased by 1.3% and tourist nights by 0.8% in July 2025 compared to July 2024

Crikvenica - the most popular destination among domestic tourists, and Rovinj among foreign tourists

In July 2025, there were a total of 4.4 million tourist arrivals and 25.0 million tourist nights realised in commercial accommodation establishments, which was a decrease of 1.3% in tourist arrivals and of 0.8% in tourist nights compared to July 2024.
 
Foreign tourists realised 4.0 million arrivals and 23.2 million nights, which was a 1.6% decrease in the number of arrivals and a 0.9% decrease in the number of nights compared to July 2024.
 Unlike foreign tourist traffic, which decreased in July, domestic tourist traffic increased slightly. In July 2025, domestic tourists realised 382 thousand arrivals and 1.8 million nights, which was 1.6% more arrivals and 0.4% more nights compared to July 2024.

Tourists from Germany, Slovenia, Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic realised 54.0% of total foreign tourist nights in Croatia. The most foreign tourist nights in July 2025 were realised by tourists from Germany, as much as 4.4 million, which accounted for 18.8% of total realised foreign tourist nights. These were followed by nights realised by tourists from Slovenia (11.5%), Poland (9.5%), Austria (7.2%) and the Czech Republic (7.0%).

Most tourist nights realised in the County of Istria
 
In July 2025, the County of Istria once again ranked first with a total of 7.4 million realised tourist nights, which accounted for 29.5% of the total number of tourist nights realised in Croatia. The second place was held by the County of Split-Dalmatia, with 5.2 million realised tourist nights, and the third by the County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar, with 4.2 million tourist nights.

Crikvenica was again the most desirable destination among domestic tourists, with 72 thousand realised nights, which was a decrease of 1.7% compared to July 2024. It was followed by Biograd na Moru, with 61 thousand nights, Mali Lošinj and Vodice, with 57 thousand nights each, Šibenik, with 52 thousand nights, and Zadar, with 42 thousand nights realised by domestic tourists.
 
On the other hand, Rovinj was singled out as the most desirable destination among foreign tourists, with a total of 963 thousand realised tourist nights, which was 1.8% more than in July 2024. Other destinations popular among foreign tourists were Medulin, with 756 thousand nights, Dubrovnik, with 736 thousand nights, Poreč, with 727 thousand nights, Umag, with 652 thousand nights, and Split, with 647 thousand nights realised by foreign tourists.

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