ZAGREB,  8 Aug (Hina) – This June, there were 2.8 million tourist arrivals in Croatia and 12.5 million nights in commercial accommodation, which was 3.4% more arrivals than in June 2023, however, tourist nights dropped 5%, according to the data presented by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS) on Thursday.

Foreign travellers made up the majority of arrivals and overnight stays in June, 2.5 million (+3.5), and 11.6 million (-5.4%), compared to June 2023.

Domestic tourists generated 294,000В arrivals and 910,000 bed nights in June 2024, which was 2.1% more arrivals and 0.6% more nights compared to June 2023.

Germans most numerous visitors, but their numbers falling y-o-y

The most foreign tourist arrivals and overnight stays in June 2024 were generated by tourists from Germany, as much as 382,000 arrivals and 2.5 million nights, which accounted for 15.1% of total arrivals and 21.6% of total bed nights in Croatia.

However, compared to June 2023, this is a decrease of 19.4% in arrivals and 32.1% in tourist nights from Germany.

Germans were followed by tourists from Austria (10.4%), Poland (10.0%), Slovenia (9.8%), the Czech Republic (6.8%), the United Kingdom (5.4%), Italy (3.7%) and Hungary (3.3%).

H1 sees 3.3% rise in tourist nights and 8% rise in arrivals

In the first six months of 2024, 6.9 million guests visited Croatia (+8% compared to the corresponding period in 2023, and they generated almost 25 million overnight stays, +3.3% in commercial accommodation, according to the data released by DZS.