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.
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.