The County of Istria remains first in terms of realised nights
In October 2025, there were 1.1 million tourist arrivals and 3.5 million tourist nights in commercial accommodation establishments, which was an increase of 2.3% in tourist arrivals and of 2.4% in tourist nights compared to October 2024. Foreign tourists realised 907 thousand arrivals and 3.1 million nights, which is an increase of 1.0% in arrivals and an increase of 2.0% in nights, compared to October last year. Domestic tourists realised 239 thousand arrivals and 480 thousand nights, which was 7.3% more arrivals and 5.5% more nights compared to October last year.
The County of Istria kept its top position, with 768 thousand tourist nights. It is 21.7% of all tourist nights realised in Croatia. Compared to October 2024, the total tourist nights in the County of Istria increased by 4.1%, with domestic tourist nights increasing by 5.0% and foreign tourist nights by 3.9%. The County of Split-Dalmatia followed, with 749 thousand nights, and the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva, with 586 thousand nights. The County of Split-Dalmatia recorded an increase in tourist nights, of 2.2%, while tourist nights in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva remained at the same level compared to October last year.
The City of Zagreb most popular among domestic tourists, and Dubrovnik among foreign tourists
The destination with the most nights realised by domestic tourists was again the City of Zagreb, with a total of 52 thousand nights. It was followed by coastal destinations: Zadar, with 22 thousand nights, Poreč - Parenzo, with 21 thousand nights, and Rovinj - Rovigno, with 20 thousand domestic tourist nights. Domestic tourists realised 6.0% more arrivals and 5.4% more nights in the City of Zagreb in October 2025 compared to October 2024.
The most popular destination among foreign tourists was Dubrovnik, with 370 thousand nights. It was followed by Split, with 205 thousand nights, the City of Zagreb, with 199 thousand, Zadar, with 127 thousand, and Poreč - Parenzo, with 118 thousand foreign tourist nights. Dubrovnik, the most popular destination among foreign tourists, recorded 1.5% fewer arrivals, but 0.2% more nights compared to the same period of the previous year.
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