Source: Financije.hr
There were 176,000 tourists in Croatia during the extended Easter weekend, from April 18 to 21, and they achieved 624,000 overnight stays, which is 34 and 54 percent more than in the same weekend last year, which was almost a month earlier than this year, according to the Croatian Tourist Board.
The first data from the Croatian Tourist Board from eVisitor also shows that during the Easter holidays this year, the highest number of tourist overnight stays among the counties was recorded in Istria County, 217,000, followed by Kvarner with 97,000 overnight stays, Split-Dalmatia County with 79,000, Dubrovnik-Neretva County with 75,000 and Zadar County with 53,000 overnight stays.
According to destinations, the most overnight stays were in Dubrovnik, Poreč, Rovinj, Split, Zagreb and Zadar, the Croatian Tourist Board added in response to a query from Hina.
The most overnight stays during Easter were recorded by Germans, 134,000, and domestic tourists with 88,000. They were followed by Austrians with 45,000 overnight stays, Italians with 43,000, Slovenians with 37,000, Slovaks with 30,000, and tourists from the United Kingdom with 24,000 overnight stays.
The director of the Croatian Tourist Board, Kristjan Staničić, emphasizes that excellent tourism results were achieved during the Easter holidays, with around 185,000 tourists in Croatia on Easter day itself.
“Excellent trends are also visible in the results so far for April, with an increase in arrivals and overnight stays of over 20 percent. This also means that from the beginning of this year until April 21, we are in the plus compared to the same period last year, with two percent more tourist arrivals and three percent more overnight stays,” reveals Staničić.
By the beginning of the main summer part of the tourist year, positive trends in tourist traffic are expected to continue, with intensive and continuous promotion in the most important markets, he points out.
