In commercial accommodation, nearly 27 million tourist overnight stays were recorded in August, which is similar to the same month last year, while in non-commercial accommodation there were 3.6 million overnight stays registered, or 2 percent more, and in nautical tourism 794.4 thousand, or 2 percent less, according to data from HTZ’s eVisitor system.
In total, across all these categories of accommodation, there were 31.3 million overnight stays in August, or 0.5 percent more than in August last year, achieved by around 5 million tourists, or 2.1 percent more, as shown by data on the HTZ website (Croatian Tourist Board).
Among commercial accommodations, the highest number of overnight stays in August, 13 million, was achieved in household facilities, slightly less than in August last year, while 2.1 million tourists visited these facilities, an increase of 1.6 percent.
Overnight stays in camps were similar to last year in August, around 6.2 million, achieved by 890.2 thousand campers, which is a decrease of approximately 0.5 percent. Hotels ranked third with nearly 5.3 million overnight stays, or 2 percent more than in August last year, and they also received 3.7 percent more tourists, or 1.2 million.
In accommodation on family farms, around 5.6 percent fewer tourists, or 13 thousand, visited in August, but they achieved similar overnight stays as last year, nearly 60 thousand.
A large number of overnight stays, 2.27 million, or 3.3 percent more in August, was achieved in the segment of “other hospitality facilities for accommodation,” and this accommodation also saw an increase of 5.2 percent in tourists, totaling 509 thousand.
More overnight stays in hotels, household facilities, and camps similar to last year
HTZ data for the first eight months of this year shows that in total, both commercial and non-commercial overnight stays amounted to 90.5 million, or 0.5 percent more than last year in the same period, with 17.4 million tourists visiting all accommodations, or 1.4 percent more.
