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Croatia's Jan-Oct Tourist Numbers Drop 2.6%, Overnights Down 1.3% - Table

Dec 9, 2009, 10:25:00 AMArticle by Vera Borisova
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December 9 (SeeNews) - The number of tourists staying in Croatia through October fell by 2.6% on the year to 10.606 million, as overnight stays went down by 1.3% to 55.542 million, the Croatian Statistics Bureau said.

Croatia's Jan-Oct Tourist Numbers Drop 2.6%, Overnights Down 1.3% - Table

In October alone, the number of tourists dropped by an annual 9.0% to 461,822 and overnights decreased by 6.0% to 1.4 million, the bureau said.

Details follow:

Jan-Oct'09 Jan-Oct'08
Total tourist number 10,606,081 10,892,765
- Croatian tourists 1,441,288 1,657,522
- Foreign tourists 9,164,793 9,235,243
Total overnights 55,542,364 56,252,016
- Croatian tourists 5,451,501 6,080,057
- Foreign tourists 50,090,863 50,171,959

Tourism is a key industry for Croatia, contributing around a fifth of the country's gross domestic product. The Adriatic country reported a rise in tourist numbers by 1.0% to 11.3 million last year. Overnights were up by 2.0% to 57 million.

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