FIRST RELEASE		CROATIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS 10000 ZAGREB, ILICA 3, PHONE: +385 1 4806-111, P.O.B. 80, CROATIA ISSN 1334-0565
YEAR: XLVI.	ZAGREB, 11 JANUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 4.4.1/11.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

TOURISM, NOVEMBER 2009 ¹⁾

In November 2009, the number of tourist arrivals in all commercial accommodation facilities in the Republic of Croatia decreased by 8% and the number of tourist nights by 5%, as compared to November 2008.

Tourists realised 428 506 tourist nights: 46.1% by domestic and 53.9% by foreign tourists.

In November 2009, the number of domestic tourist nights decreased by 11%, while the number of foreign tourist nights increased by 1%, as compared to November 2008.

Concerning the structure of foreign tourist nights, the most of them (68.2%) were realised by tourists from Austria (13.9%), Germany (13.8%), Italy (12.4%), Slovenia (7.5%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6.4%), Japan (5.6%) and the United Kingdom and the USA (4.3% each).

Tourists from other countries realised 31.8% of tourist nights.

1.   TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS

	Arrivals			Nights
	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.
							Structure of nights (%)	Average number of  nights  by arrival
Total	196 801	180 284	92	451 471	428 506	95	100,0	2,4
Domestic tourists	103 516	86 794	84	221 744	197 410	89	46,1	2,3
Foreign tourists	93 285	93 490	100	229 727	231 096	101	53,9	2,5

1) See Notes on Methodology

2.   FOREIGN TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS, BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

	Arrivals			Nights
	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.
							Structure  of nights (%)	Average number of nights  by arrival
Total	93 285	93 490	100	229 727	231 096	101	100,0	2,5
Austria	10 843	12 617	116	27 433	32 193	117	13,9	2,6
Belgium	621	887	143	1 639	2 201	134	1,0	2,5
Belarus	54	86	159	245	182	74	0,1	2,1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 483	4 618	71	17 678	14 792	84	6,4	3,2
Bulgaria	1 142	805	70	2 006	1 655	83	0,7	2,1
Cyprus	69	73	106	182	169	93	0,1	2,3
Montenegro	558	507	91	1 076	1 536	143	0,7	3,0
Czech Republic	890	1 037	117	2 361	2 557	108	1,1	2,5
Denmark	412	259	63	1 173	783	67	0,3	3,0
Estonia	47	73	155	125	297	238	0,1	4,1
Finland	380	285	75	971	860	89	0,4	3,0
France	2 890	2 224	77	6 892	4 968	72	2,1	2,2
Greece	700	521	74	1 291	1 399	108	0,6	2,7
Ireland	207	432	209	522	1 624	311	0,7	3,8
Iceland	65	50	77	144	115	80	0,0	2,3
Italy	12 744	13 632	107	27 157	28 638	105	12,4	2,1
Latvia	157	45	29	306	180	59	0,1	4,0
Lithuania	169	119	70	963	707	73	0,3	5,9
Luxembourg	16	85	531	36	249	692	0,1	2,9
Hungary	1 996	1 804	90	4 472	3 979	89	1,7	2,2
Macedonia	1 034	809	78	2 390	1 880	79	0,8	2,3
Malta	37	22	59	127	86	68	0,0	3,9
Netherlands	1 210	1 333	110	3 115	3 714	119	1,6	2,8
Norway	464	382	82	1 554	1 275	82	0,6	3,3
Germany	8 988	8 755	97	30 880	31 833	103	13,8	3,6
Poland	1 019	1 093	107	3 435	3 027	88	1,3	2,8
Portugal	212	301	142	557	860	154	0,4	2,9
Romania	676	615	91	2 256	2 338	104	1,0	3,8
Russian Federation	1 363	982	72	4 797	3 339	70	1,4	3,4
Slovakia	575	504	88	1 804	1 220	68	0,5	2,4
Slovenia	7 650	8 051	105	18 740	17 266	92	7,5	2,1
Serbia	4 014	3 010	75	8 894	6 333	71	2,7	2,1
Spain	1 450	1 141	79	3 262	2 671	82	1,2	2,3
Sweden	641	653	102	1 657	1 881	114	0,8	2,9
Switzerland	1 479	1 824	123	3 258	5 249	161	2,3	2,9
Turkey	630	1 210	192	1 318	3 121	237	1,4	2,6
United Kingdom	2 623	2 958	113	8 139	9 922	122	4,3	3,4
Ukraine	230	180	78	877	548	62	0,2	3
Other European countries	1 638	1 614	99	3 482	3 069	88	1,3	1,9
South Africa	71	47	66	225	210	93	0,1	4,5
Other African countries	207	170	82	666	740	111	0,3	4,4
Canada	563	420	75	1 484	1 377	93	0,6	3,3
USA	5 147	4 044	79	12 317	9 886	80	4,3	2,4
Other Northern American countries	33	53	161	116	127	109	0,1	2,4
Brazil	154	129	84	406	464	114	0,2	3,6
Other Southern and Central American countries	300	253	84	1 042	657	63	0,3	2,6
Israel	387	370	96	940	947	101	0,4	2,6
Japan	7 943	10 357	130	10 000	12 900	129	5,6	1,2
China	135	174	129	360	390	108	0,2	2,2
Korea, Republic of	273	256	94	538	430	80	0,2	1,7
Other Asian countries	599	797	133	1 586	2 099	132	0,9	2,6
Australia	855	647	76	2 185	1 579	72	0,7	2,4
New Zealand	122	88	72	284	364	128	0,2	4,1
Other countries of Oceania	120	89	74	364	210	58	0,1	2,4

3.    TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS, BY TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION FACILITIES

	Arrivals					Nights
	XI. 2008.		XI. 2009.		Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.		XI. 2009.		Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.
Total	196 801		180 284		92	451 471		428 506		95
Collective accommodation facilities	189 907		173 560		91	402 906		388 061		96
Hotels	150 135		137 327		91	310 222		287 833		93
All-suite hotels	727		245		34	1 451		514		35
Apartment resorts	9		-		-	59		-		-
Tourist resorts	586		2 215		378	1 096		18 956		^1)
Apartments	273		-		-	675		-		-
Tourist apartments	515		728		141	1 510		3 097		205
Boarding houses	4 018		3 072		76	8 175		6 314		77
Guest houses	737		449		61	1 361		1 043		77
Motels	42		-		-	58		-		-
Camping sites	235		285		121	2 011		831		41
Rooms to let	5 029		5 535		110	10 716		12 194		114
Suites	295		598		203	1 239		2 326		188
Studio-type suite	1 518		1 036		68	3 389		2 131		63
Summer houses	3		13		433	52		21		40
Overnight accommodations	4 742		3 460		73	10 050		8 881		88
Vacation facilities	476		627		132	1 244		1 603		129
Hostels	3 903		4 140		106	8 243		8 153		99
Mountain lodges	302		252		83	1 322		277		21
Hunting lodges	582		431		74	1 167		806		69
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	324		331		102	1 009		757		75
Inns	199		225		113	468		502		107
Health establishments	1 881		1 464		78	12 217		11 126		91
Vessel cabins	4 381		3 793		87	4 381		3 793		87
Sleeping cars and couchettes	2 944		2 386		81	2 944		2 386		81
Nautical ports	1 769		1 531		87	7 138		6 074		85
Uncategorised facilities	4 282		3 417		80	10 709		8 443		79
Private accommodation facilities	6 894		6 724		98	48 565		40 445		83
Households	6 693		6 428		96	47 908		39 722		83
Rural households	201		296		147	657		723		110
Domestic tourists	103 516	86 794		84		221 744	197 410		89
Collective accommodation services	100 999	83 460		83		205 789	185 110		90
Hotels	77 397	61 899		80		148 425	118 919		80
All-suite hotels	92	109		118		120	216		180
Tourist resorts	579	1 555		269		1 079	14 238		^1)
Apartments	182	-		-		478	-		-
Tourist apartments	298	393		132		980	1 181		121
Boarding houses	3 117	2 100		67		6 230	4 215		68
Guest houses	469	304		65		892	808		91
Motels	31	-		-		31	-		-
Camping sites	21	68		324		105	135		129
Rooms to let	3 185	3 837		120		6 549	8 389		128
Suites	152	313		206		480	1 007		210
Studio-type suite	1 301	920		71		2 680	1 879		70
Summer houses	-	11		-		-	15		-
Overnight accommodations	3 429	2 887		84		7 496	7 743		103
Vacation facilities	443	582		131		1 126	1 525		135
Hostels	2 003	2 682		134		4 542	5 736		126
Mountain lodges	196	108		55		845	133		16
Hunting lodges	290	192		66		460	268		58
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	94	79		84		393	259		66
Inns	148	163		110		364	361		99
Health establishments	1 485	1 097		74		10 173	9 255		91
Vessel cabins	1 752	456		26		1 752	456		26
Sleeping cars and couchettes	1 759	1 484		84		1 759	1 484		84
Nautical ports	113	37		33		599	158		26
Uncategorised facilities	2 463	2 184		89		8 231	6 730		82
Private accommodation facilities	2 517	3 334		132		15 955	12 300		77
Households	2 409	3 123		130		15 676	11 756		75
Rural households	108	211		195		279	544		195
Foreign tourists	93 285	93 490		100		229 727	231 096		101
Collective accommodation services	88 908	90 100		101		197 117	202 951		103
Hotels	72 738	75 428		104		161 797	168 914		104
All-suite hotels	635	136		21		1 331	298		22
Apartment resorts	9	-		-		59	-		-
Tourist resorts	7	660		^1)		17	4 718		^1)
Apartments	91	-		-		197	-		-
Tourist apartments	217	335		154		530	1 916		362
Boarding houses	901	972		108		1 945	2 099		108
Guest houses	268	145		54		469	235		50
Motels	11	-		-		27	-		-
Camping sites	214	217		101		1 906	696		37
Rooms to let	1 844	1 698		92		4 167	3 805		91
Suites	143	285		199		759	1 319		174
Studio-type suite	217	116		53		709	252		36
Summer houses	3	2		67		52	6		12
Overnight accommodations	1 313	573		44		2 554	1 138		45
Vacation facilities	33	45		136		118	78		66
Hostels	1 900	1 458		77		3 701	2 417		65
Mountain lodges	106	144		136		477	144		30
Hunting lodges	292	239		82		707	538		76
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	230	252		110		616	498		81
Inns	51	62		122		104	141		136
Health establishments	396	367		93		2 044	1 871		92
Vessel cabins	2 629	3 337		127		2 629	3 337		127
Sleeping cars and couchettes	1 185	902		76		1 185	902		76
Nautical ports	1 656	1 494		90		6 539	5 916		90
Uncategorised facilities	1 819	1 233		68		2 478	1 713		69
Private accommodation facilities	4 377	3 390		77		32 610	28 145		86
Households	4 284	3 305		77		32 232	27 966		87
Rural households	93	85		91		378	179		47

1)       The index exceeds 999.

4.   ORGANISATION OF TOURIST ARRIVALS

	Individual arrangement						Organised trip
	Arrivals			Nights			Arrivals			Nights
	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.	XI. 2008.	XI. 2009.	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.
Total	129 970	110 772	85	300 062	248 350	83	66 831	69 512	104	151 409	180 156	119
Domestic tourists	72 716	58 566	81	156 860	125 010	80	30 800	28 228	92	64 884	72 400	112
Foreign tourists	57 254	52 206	91	143 202	123 340	86	36 031	41 284	115	86 525	107 756	125

5.    TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS, BY COUNTIES, TOWNS AND MUNICIPALITIES, NOVEMBER 2009

		Total	Domestic	Foreign	Indices XI. 2009. XI. 2008.
					Total	Domestic	Foreign
Republic of Croatia	arrivals	180 284	86 794	93 490	92	84	100
	nights	428 506	197 410	231 096	95	89	101
County of Zagreb	arrivals	3 719	1 847	1 872	138	108	189
	nights	6 992	3 860	3 132	127	108	161
Dugo Selo	arrivals	321	286	35	174	162	500
	nights	641	561	80	109	96	^1)
Ivanić-Grad	arrivals	144	120	24	102	117	63
	nights	942	865	77	119	143	41
Jastrebarsko	arrivals	933	131	802	^1)	^1)	^1)
	nights	1 161	265	896	^1)	^1)	^1)
Samobor	arrivals	733	406	327	105	99	114
	nights	1 181	619	562	105	94	120
Sveti Ivan Zelina	arrivals	134	134	-	96	305	-
	nights	136	136	-	85	262	-
Sveta Nedelja	arrivals	88	13	75	109	54	132
	nights	205	13	192	203	48	259
Vrbovec	arrivals	621	364	257	88	68	149
	nights	1 046	573	473	81	67	107
Velika Gorica	arrivals	555	326	229	92	101	83
	nights	915	577	338	96	115	76
Zaprešić	arrivals	160	54	106	178	96	312
	nights	719	228	491	203	121	298
Jakovlje	arrivals	4	4	-	50	50	-
	nights	8	8	-	33	33	-
Klinča Sela	arrivals	9	3	6	53	43	60
	nights	18	6	12	26	14	46
Rugvica	arrivals	17	6	11	71	43	110
	nights	20	9	11	80	60	110
County of Krapina-Zagorje	arrivals	4 392	3 549	843	77	76	83
	nights	11 860	9 670	2 190	83	82	89
Donja Stubica	arrivals	401	357	44	48	46	81
	nights	762	650	112	53	50	95
Krapina	arrivals	222	150	72	119	100	200
	nights	363	225	138	138	113	216
Oroslavje	arrivals	151	79	72	64	46	111
	nights	371	126	245	120	61	240
Zabok	arrivals	174	101	73	138	146	128
	nights	356	164	192	149	126	176
Desinić	arrivals	6	6	-	75	75	-
	nights	6	6	-	50	50	-
Gornja Stubica	arrivals	63	57	6	75	79	50
	nights	84	77	7	66	76	26
Krapinske Toplice	arrivals	547	484	63	86	88	71
	nights	3 064	2 807	257	83	81	97
Stubičke Toplice	arrivals	587	548	39	53	57	26
	nights	2 475	2 343	132	78	82	42
Tuhelj	arrivals	2 118	1 695	423	89	92	82
	nights	4 140	3 138	1 002	87	93	72
Veliko Trgovišće	arrivals	67	22	45	163	129	188
	nights	137	38	99	228	152	283
Zagorska Sela	arrivals	3	3	-	-	-	-
	nights	12	12	-	-	-	-
Kumrovec	arrivals	53	47	6	108	117	67
	nights	90	84	6	130	147	50
County of Sisak-Moslavina	arrivals	2 091	1 479	612	75	77	70
	nights	7 810	6 225	1 585	74	75	71
Hrvatska Kostajnica	arrivals	31	27	4	28	31	16
	nights	78	66	12	24	24	26
Kutina	arrivals	264	183	81	70	95	43
	nights	422	260	162	17	12	56
Novska	arrivals	11	8	3	55	50	75
	nights	25	22	3	38	36	75
Petrinja	arrivals	150	69	81	98	106	92
	nights	477	296	181	73	84	61
Sisak	arrivals	609	392	217	102	119	81
	nights	1 958	1 248	710	115	169	74
Dvor	arrivals	22	-	22	81	-	81
	nights	46	-	46	62	-	62
Hrvatska Dubica	arrivals	23	-	23	92	-	92
	nights	58	-	58	98	-	98
Jasenovac	arrivals	24	1	23	-	-	-
	nights	79	1	78	-	-	-
Lipovljani	arrivals	22	2	20	96	10	667
	nights	53	13	40	88	25	571
Popovača	arrivals	42	10	32	30	24	32
	nights	42	10	32	21	22	21
Topusko	arrivals	893	787	106	74	72	88
	nights	4 572	4 309	263	96	96	105
County of Karlovac	arrivals	1 842	1 021	821	61	60	63
	nights	3 580	2 006	1 574	62	56	73
Duga Resa	arrivals	188	144	44	61	56	90
	nights	399	306	93	53	47	97
Karlovac	arrivals	595	255	340	74	74	74
	nights	1 132	467	665	66	56	75
Ogulin	arrivals	505	412	93	62	56	126
	nights	951	825	126	64	60	114
Ozalj	arrivals	68	45	23	99	122	72
	nights	187	129	58	130	152	98
Slunj	arrivals	103	34	69	49	25	91
	nights	206	54	152	46	17	108
Bosiljevo	arrivals	6	2	4	35	-	24
	nights	6	2	4	19	-	13
Draganić	arrivals	20	18	2	91	82	-
	nights	20	18	2	91	82	-
Josipdol	arrivals	60	60	-	52	76	-
	nights	130	130	-	44	67	-
Rakovica	arrivals	205	23	182	36	32	37
	nights	311	33	278	51	34	55
Vojnić	arrivals	66	27	39	112	540	72
	nights	169	41	128	94	820	73
Žakanje	arrivals	5	1	4	29	-	24
	nights	29	1	28	112	-	108
Ribnik	arrivals	21	-	21	300	-	420
	nights	40	-	40	129	-	138
County of Varaždin	arrivals	2 833	1 868	965	82	86	76
	nights	10 050	8 150	1 900	88	97	62
Ivanec	arrivals	131	86	45	-	-	-
	nights	176	94	82	-	-	-
Lepoglava	arrivals	62	53	9	117	123	90
	nights	203	143	60	203	159	600
Ludbreg	arrivals	207	123	84	50	57	41
	nights	342	177	165	29	62	18
Varaždin	arrivals	1 358	691	667	79	75	84
	nights	3 300	2 009	1 291	94	99	87
Varaždinske Toplice	arrivals	844	814	30	92	100	28
	nights	5 658	5 599	59	95	99	23
Gornji Kneginec	arrivals	155	79	76	70	59	86
	nights	198	88	110	44	36	52
Maruševec	arrivals	8	1	7	114	50	140
	nights	13	1	12	130	25	200
Petrijanec	arrivals	68	21	47	77	70	81
	nights	160	39	121	69	78	66
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	arrivals	1 247	848	399	90	81	119
	nights	2 396	1 517	879	106	94	135
Đurđevac	arrivals	455	336	119	86	84	92
	nights	980	708	272	121	126	109
Koprivnica	arrivals	626	413	213	103	95	123
	nights	1 163	666	497	110	90	159
Križevci	arrivals	163	97	66	81	56	228
	nights	247	139	108	70	51	129
Molve	arrivals	3	2	1	60	-	20
	nights	6	4	2	120	-	40
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	arrivals	874	643	231	66	68	60
	nights	1 948	1 365	583	49	47	56
Bjelovar	arrivals	252	197	55	73	102	37
	nights	482	335	147	66	125	32
Čazma	arrivals	46	27	19	110	100	127
	nights	85	45	40	65	65	65
Daruvar	arrivals	409	294	115	67	64	79
	nights	1 077	759	318	46	37	127
Garešnica	arrivals	6	6	-	18	21	-
	nights	9	9	-	13	14	-
Grubišno Polje	arrivals	64	52	12	65	102	25
	nights	103	85	18	35	123	8
Berek	arrivals	73	55	18	41	36	78
	nights	150	111	39	41	34	95
Ivanska	arrivals	10	-	10	-	-	-
	nights	17	-	17	-	-	-
Štefanje	arrivals	5	3	2	-	-	-
	nights	10	6	4	-	-	-
Velika Pisanica	arrivals	9	9	-	38	38	-
	nights	15	15	-	63	63	-
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	arrivals	30 602	13 723	16 879	90	77	103
	nights	70 486	29 898	40 588	90	81	98
Bakar	arrivals	263	241	22	120	139	48
	nights	705	647	58	97	138	23
Cres	arrivals	125	15	110	60	43	64
	nights	266	28	238	26	17	27
Crikvenica	arrivals	1 257	631	626	74	64	89
	nights	4 139	2 234	1 905	86	67	132
Čabar	arrivals	39	32	7	126	133	100
	nights	39	32	7	29	26	64
Delnice	arrivals	274	222	52	65	61	90
	nights	368	291	77	34	31	56
Kastav	arrivals	146	39	107	114	163	103
	nights	260	97	163	123	198	100
Kraljevica	arrivals	101	91	10	57	65	28
	nights	903	497	406	314	240	501
Krk	arrivals	43	28	15	15	16	13
	nights	71	54	17	10	15	5
Mali Lošinj	arrivals	778	472	306	119	112	132
	nights	3 235	1 664	1 571	121	121	122
Novi Vinodolski	arrivals	388	236	152	105	94	128
	nights	833	452	381	131	123	141
Opatija	arrivals	15 045	6 064	8 981	96	75	120
	nights	33 273	12 287	20 986	91	74	106
Rab	arrivals	559	120	439	79	107	74
	nights	2 753	582	2 171	99	263	85
Rijeka	arrivals	7 257	2 335	4 922	91	60	120
	nights	11 928	3 725	8 203	108	67	149
Vrbovsko	arrivals	118	118	-	983	983	-
	nights	118	118	-	492	492	-
Čavle	arrivals	7	5	2	15	12	33
	nights	12	10	2	12	11	33
Dobrinj	arrivals	6	-	6	150	-	300
	nights	37	-	37	154	-	185
Fužine	arrivals	523	504	19	124	132	46
	nights	764	702	62	117	118	102
Jelenje	arrivals	4	-	4	100	-	100
	nights	4	-	4	50	-	50
Lokve	arrivals	35	30	5	83	77	167
	nights	188	78	110	100	48	458
Lovran	arrivals	1 392	912	480	79	113	50
	nights	3 091	1 942	1 149	71	108