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.