More than a third of foreign tourist nights realised by German tourists
In May 2024, there were 1.9 million arrivals and 6.9 million nights in commercial accommodation establishments, which was 19.6% more tourist arrivals and 23.9% more tourist nights as compared to May 2023.
Domestic tourists realised 283 thousand arrivals and 619 thousand nights in May 2024, which was an increase of 12.9% in tourist arrivals and of 8.9% in tourist nights compared to May 2023.
Foreign tourists realised 1.7 million arrivals and 6.3 million nights in May 2024, which was an increase of 20.8% in tourist arrivals and of 25.6% in tourist nights compared to May 2023.
For the third month in a row, tourists from Germany realised the most tourist nights
As in the two previous months of 2024, tourists from Germany realised the most foreign tourist nights in May 2024, as much as 2.2 million of them, which accounted for 35.3% of the total realised foreign nights in Croatia. They spent half of their nights (51.4%) in the County of Istria.
These were followed by the nights realised by tourists from Austria (11.4%), Slovenia (7.0%), the United Kingdom (6.4%), Poland (5.4%), the USA (3.6%), France (3.1%) and the Netherlands (3.0%).
The majority of tourist nights were spent in the County of Istria
The highest number of tourist nights in May 2024 was realised in the County of Istria, as much as 2.5 million of them, which was 36.1% of the total number of tourist nights realised in Croatia. The County of Split-Dalmatia followed with 1.1 million realised tourist nights (16.2% of the total realised tourist nights) and the County of Primorje-Gorski kotar with 986 thousand nights (14.3% of the total realised tourist nights).
Foreign tourists spent the most nights in Dubrovnik, while domestic tourists preferred the City of Zagreb.
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