Domestic tourists realised 333 thousand arrivals and 748 thousand nights
In May 2025, there were 1.8 million tourist arrivals and 5.9 million tourist nights realised in commercial accommodation establishments. However, as compared to May 2024, it represented a decrease of 5.1% in tourist arrivals and 15.0% in tourist nights. Concerning the structure of total realised tourist nights, 12.8% of them were domestic tourist nights, and 87.2% were foreign tourist nights.
Domestic tourists realised 333 thousand arrivals and 748 thousand nights, which was 17.4% more tourist arrivals and 20.9% more nights compared to May 2024.
Foreign tourists realised 1.5 million arrivals and 5.1 million nights, which was 9.0% less tourist arrivals and 18.5% less tourist nights compared to May 2024.
The City of Zagreb was the favourite destination for domestic tourists, while for foreing tourists it was Dubrovnik
In May 2025, the City of Zagreb was a destination with the largest number of realised domestic tourist nights, with a total of 42 thousand of them. Rovinj - Rovigno followed with 38 thousand domestic tourist nights, then Umag - Umago with 31 thousand, Poreč - Parenzo with 30 thousand, and finaly Šibenik and Zadar with 25 thousand nights each. Compared to May 2024, there were 1.2% more domestic tourist nights realised in the City of Zagreb in May 2025.
On the other hand, foreign tourists realised the largest number of nights in Dubrovnik in May 2025, as much as 482 thousand of them. This was followed by Rovinj - Rovigno with 295 thousand nights, Split with 286 thousand nights, Poreč - Parenzo with 236 thousand nights and the City of Zagreb with 222 thousand foreign tourist nights. Although Dubrovnik kept its leading position among foreign tourists, compared to May of last year, a decrease of 2.6% in tourist nights was present.
Tourists aged 65 years and over realised the most nights
In May 2025, tourists aged 65 years and over realised the most tourist nights, as many as 1.1 million of them (which accounted for 18.9% of the total realised nights). These were followed by tourist nights realised by tourists aged 55 to 64, with 1.0 million nights (which accounted for 17.9% of the total realised nights).
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