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, 9 FEBRUARY, 2010		NUMBER: 4.4.1/12.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

TOURISM, DECEMBER 2009 ¹⁾

In December 2009, the number of tourist arrivals in all commercial accommodation facilities in the Republic of Croatia decreased by 14% and the number of tourist nights by 18%, as compared to December 2008.

Tourists realised 328 777 tourist nights: 45.7% by domestic and 54.3% by foreign tourists.

In December 2009, the number of domestic tourist nights decreased by 15% and the number of foreign tourist nights by 20%, as compared to December 2008.

Concerning the structure of foreign tourist nights, the most of them (74.0%) were realised by tourists from Italy (23.8%), Slovenia (10.7%), Austria (10.5%), Germany (10.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (7.0%), Serbia (3.3%), the United Kingdom (3.1%) and France and Japan (2.7% each).

Tourists from other countries realised 26.0% of tourist nights.

1.   TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS

	Arrivals			Nights
	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.
							Structure of nights (%)	Average number of  nights  by arrival
Total	171 241	148 109	86	400 007	328 777	82	100,0	2,2
Domestic tourists	84 664	71 570	85	176 171	150 119	85	45,7	2,1
Foreign tourists	86 577	76 539	88	223 836	178 658	80	54,3	2,3

1)  See Notes on Methodology

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

	Arrivals			Nights
	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.
							Structure  of nights (%)	Average number of nights  by arrival
Total	86 577	76 539	88	223 836	178 658	80	100,0	2,3
Austria	7 093	7 474	105	19 822	18 814	95	10,5	2,5
Belgium	371	333	90	854	802	94	0,4	2,4
Belarus	28	14	50	73	49	67	0,0	3,5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 489	4 963	66	19 336	12 491	65	7,0	2,5
Bulgaria	1 776	1 392	78	3 430	2 552	74	1,4	1,8
Cyprus	18	25	139	51	84	165	0,0	3,4
Montenegro	471	447	95	725	1 067	147	0,6	2,4
Czech Republic	1 566	458	29	8 041	1 022	13	0,6	2,2
Denmark	328	168	51	1 120	422	38	0,2	2,5
Estonia	33	25	76	136	137	101	0,1	5,5
Finland	173	128	74	438	394	90	0,2	3,1
France	2 290	2 004	88	6 529	4 828	74	2,7	2,4
Greece	403	405	100	850	779	92	0,4	1,9
Ireland	207	126	61	488	362	74	0,2	2,9
Iceland	16	20	125	55	42	76	0,0	2,1
Italy	20 277	20 220	100	45 702	42 522	93	23,8	2,1
Latvia	23	18	78	45	52	116	0,0	2,9
Lithuania	69	59	86	323	333	103	0,2	5,6
Luxembourg	31	40	129	67	65	97	0,0	1,6
Hungary	1 539	1 155	75	4 002	2 711	68	1,5	2,3
Macedonia	987	834	84	1 971	2 147	109	1,2	2,6
Malta	42	123	293	150	488	325	0,3	4,0
Netherlands	935	931	100	3 204	3 337	104	1,9	3,6
Norway	189	149	79	636	507	80	0,3	3,4
Germany	6 709	6 406	95	21 380	18 286	86	10,2	2,9
Poland	1 130	515	46	5 549	1 197	22	0,7	2,3
Portugal	307	137	45	685	301	44	0,2	2,2
Romania	555	700	126	1 744	2 276	131	1,3	3,3
Russian Federation	719	570	79	2 720	2 313	85	1,3	4,1
Slovakia	1 438	353	25	7 979	787	10	0,4	2,2
Slovenia	10 396	9 361	90	25 191	19 160	76	10,7	2,0
Serbia	3 498	2 949	84	6 526	5 873	90	3,3	2,0
Spain	865	1 457	168	1 876	4 004	213	2,2	2,7
Sweden	463	297	64	1 628	652	40	0,4	2,2
Switzerland	1 565	1 466	94	3 934	3 915	100	2,2	2,7
Turkey	1 156	549	47	3 033	991	33	0,6	1,8
United Kingdom	1 730	1 596	92	5 078	5 590	110	3,1	3,5
Ukraine	130	125	96	511	634	124	0,4	5,1
Other European countries	1 384	1 015	73	2 771	1 887	68	1,1	1,9
South Africa	69	23	33	193	140	73	0,1	6,1
Other African countries	142	124	87	801	598	75	0,3	4,8
Canada	288	276	96	617	1 037	168	0,6	3,8
USA	1 537	1 489	97	4 136	3 766	91	2,1	2,5
Other Northern American countries	44	12	27	78	21	27	0,0	1,8
Brazil	82	110	134	249	345	139	0,2	3,1
Other Southern and Central American countries	188	160	85	441	401	91	0,2	2,5
Israel	235	239	102	580	639	110	0,4	2,7
Japan	4 333	3 869	89	5 261	4 751	90	2,7	1,2
China	140	109	78	352	226	64	0,1	2,1
Korea, Republic of	244	188	77	300	419	140	0,2	2,2
Other Asian countries	419	566	135	1 006	1 531	152	0,9	2,7
Australia	383	259	68	846	633	75	0,4	2,4
New Zealand	46	41	89	155	193	125	0,1	4,7
Other countries of Oceania	28	67	239	168	85	51	0,0	1,3

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

	Arrivals					Nights
	XII. 2008.		XII. 2009.		Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.		XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.
Total	171 241		148 109		86	400 007		328 777	82
Collective accommodation facilities	161 946		143 231		88	338 461		300 060	89
Hotels	125 241		112 827		90	257 663		222 938	87
All-suite hotels	162		226		140	320		471	147
Apartment resorts	67		-		-	218		-	-
Tourist resorts	1 566		2 474		158	2 792		15 783	565
Apartments	379		-		-	763		-	-
Tourist apartments	336		1 278		380	851		3 235	380
Boarding houses	2 931		2 574		88	6 401		5 358	84
Guest houses	348		128		37	571		318	56
Motels	58		-		-	113		-	-
Camping sites	169		847		501	513		2 485	484
Rooms to let	4 108		4 216		103	8 823		9 192	104
Suites	366		495		135	1 203		1 672	139
Studio-type suite	1 685		1 079		64	3 913		2 292	59
Summer houses	10		6		60	20		21	105
Overnight accommodations	4 151		2 338		56	8 293		6 036	73
Vacation facilities	327		472		144	1 230		1 489	121
Hostels	3 193		2 872		90	7 408		5 361	72
Mountain lodges	389		280		72	789		465	59
Hunting lodges	317		342		108	588		818	139
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	40		82		205	321		328	102
Inns	161		176		109	247		365	148
Health establishments	1 532		1 169		76	9 666		7 361	76
Vessel cabins	3 636		3 110		86	3 636		3 110	86
Sleeping cars and couchettes	3 918		3 010		77	3 918		3 010	77
Nautical ports	2 388		757		32	8 324		2 554	31
Uncategorised facilities	4 468		2 473		55	9 877		5 398	55
Private accommodation facilities	9 295		4 878		52	61 546		28 717	47
Households	8 997		4 693		52	60 764		28 359	47
Rural households	298		185		62	782		358	46
Domestic tourists	84 664	71 570		85		176 171	150 119		85
Collective accommodation services	81 457	68 851		85		161 034	138 790		86
Hotels	58 710	51 079		87		109 413	87 509		80
All-suite hotels	48	130		271		81	236		291
Apartment resorts	4	-		-		5	-		-
Tourist resorts	1 222	1 775		145		2 122	12 395		584
Apartments	289	-		-		435	-		-
Tourist apartments	224	627		280		453	1 508		333
Boarding houses	2 189	1 701		78		4 665	3 516		75
Guest houses	175	93		53		310	283		91
Motels	51	-		-		102	-		-
Camping sites	27	157		581		55	302		549
Rooms to let	2 799	2 918		104		5 764	6 246		108
Suites	231	251		109		749	621		83
Studio-type suite	1 560	988		63		3 469	2 062		59
Summer houses	3	-		-		3	-		-
Overnight accommodations	2 886	1 971		68		5 896	5 422		92
Vacation facilities	276	462		167		1 117	1 475		132
Hostels	1 734	1 721		99		4 533	3 553		78
Mountain lodges	330	224		68		721	409		57
Hunting lodges	201	210		104		332	501		151
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	8	-		-		111	-		-
Inns	111	120		108		172	289		168
Health establishments	1 131	717		63		8 486	6 086		72
Vessel cabins	1 790	466		26		1 790	466		26
Sleeping cars and couchettes	2 110	1 489		71		2 110	1 489		71
Nautical ports	70	26		37		209	103		49
Uncategorised facilities	3 278	1 726		53		7 931	4 319		54
Private accommodation facilities	3 207	2 719		85		15 137	11 329		75
Households	3 016	2 590		86		14 777	11 094		75
Rural households	191	129		68		360	235		65
Foreign tourists	86 577	76 539		88		223 836	178 658		80
Collective accommodation services	80 489	74 380		92		177 427	161 270		91
Hotels	66 531	61 748		93		148 250	135 429		91
All-suite hotels	114	96		84		239	235		98
Apartment resorts	63	-		-		213	-		-
Tourist resorts	344	699		203		670	3 388		506
Apartments	90	-		-		328	-		-
Tourist apartments	112	651		581		398	1 727		434
Boarding houses	742	873		118		1 736	1 842		106
Guest houses	173	35		20		261	35		13
Motels	7	-		-		11	-		-
Camping sites	142	690		486		458	2 183		477
Rooms to let	1 309	1 298		99		3 059	2 946		96
Suites	135	244		181		454	1 051		231
Studio-type suite	125	91		73		444	230		52
Summer houses	7	6		86		17	21		124
Overnight accommodations	1 265	367		29		2 397	614		26
Vacation facilities	51	10		20		113	14		12
Hostels	1 459	1 151		79		2 875	1 808		63
Mountain lodges	59	56		95		68	56		82
Hunting lodges	116	132		114		256	317		124
Pupils' or students' homes and similar facilities	32	82		256		210	328		156
Inns	50	56		112		75	76		101
Health establishments	401	452		113		1 180	1 275		108
Vessel cabins	1 846	2 644		143		1 846	2 644		143
Sleeping cars and couchettes	1 808	1 521		84		1 808	1 521		84
Nautical ports	2 318	731		32		8 115	2 451		30
Uncategorised facilities	1 190	747		63		1 946	1 079		55
Private accommodation facilities	6 088	2 159		35		46 409	17 388		37
Households	5 981	2 103		35		45 987	17 265		38
Rural households	107	56		52		422	123		29

4.   ORGANISATION OF TOURIST ARRIVALS

	Individual arrangement						Organised trip
	Arrivals			Nights			Arrivals			Nights
	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.	XII. 2008.	XII. 2009.	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.
Total	114 320	98 060	86	254 549	201 101	79	56 921	50 049	88	145 458	127 676	88
Domestic tourists	65 895	54 480	83	134 993	105 524	78	18 769	17 090	91	41 178	44 595	108
Foreign tourists	48 425	43 580	90	119 556	95 577	80	38 152	32 959	86	104 280	83 081	80

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

		Total	Domestic	Foreign	Indices XII. 2009. XII. 2008.
					Total	Domestic	Foreign
Republic of Croatia	arrivals	148 109	71 570	76 539	86	85	88
	nights	328 777	150 119	178 658	82	85	80
County of Zagreb	arrivals	2 258	1 493	765	87	86	89
	nights	3 808	2 426	1 382	78	76	82
Dugo Selo	arrivals	255	197	58	123	112	187
	nights	380	282	98	71	57	239
Ivanić-Grad	arrivals	129	101	28	119	115	140
	nights	546	486	60	83	80	107
Jastrebarsko	arrivals	181	144	37	-	-	-
	nights	335	270	65	-	-	-
Samobor	arrivals	573	360	213	73	67	85
	nights	801	432	369	59	48	80
Sveti Ivan Zelina	arrivals	93	63	30	517	^1)	250
	nights	93	63	30	166	350	79
Sveta Nedelja	arrivals	119	48	71	129	185	108
	nights	214	77	137	200	257	178
Vrbovec	arrivals	424	300	124	59	52	84
	nights	593	386	207	61	56	76
Velika Gorica	arrivals	379	238	141	82	86	75
	nights	534	360	174	66	103	38
Zaprešić	arrivals	55	25	30	73	56	100
	nights	114	53	61	48	44	51
Jakovlje	arrivals	8	-	8	8	-	8
	nights	154	-	154	116	-	116
Klinča Sela	arrivals	8	6	2	267	-	67
	nights	10	6	4	167	-	67
Rugvica	arrivals	32	9	23	119	90	135
	nights	32	9	23	119	90	135
Žumberak	arrivals	2	2	-	-	-	-
	nights	2	2	-	-	-	-
County of Krapina-Zagorje	arrivals	3 972	3 235	737	88	87	91
	nights	10 275	8 494	1 781	80	77	94
Donja Stubica	arrivals	412	363	49	63	62	66
	nights	718	593	125	55	51	88
Krapina	arrivals	134	93	41	102	107	93
	nights	296	186	110	127	105	196
Oroslavje	arrivals	113	73	40	101	114	83
	nights	267	130	137	141	105	208
Zabok	arrivals	121	81	40	88	76	129
	nights	247	190	57	92	84	136
Desinić	arrivals	6	6	-	25	25	-
	nights	18	18	-	69	69	-
Gornja Stubica	arrivals	32	28	4	30	29	57
	nights	98	82	16	55	49	133
Krapinske Toplice	arrivals	492	413	79	114	116	104
	nights	2 205	1 997	208	89	89	87
Stubičke Toplice	arrivals	660	608	52	75	75	76
	nights	2 184	2 066	118	60	61	49
Tuhelj	arrivals	1 934	1 549	385	98	101	86
	nights	4 110	3 163	947	93	94	88
Veliko Trgovišće	arrivals	37	11	26	137	52	433
	nights	60	18	42	158	62	467
Kumrovec	arrivals	31	10	21	155	56	^1)
	nights	72	51	21	136	134	140
County of Sisak-Moslavina	arrivals	1 658	1 214	444	77	80	68
	nights	4 744	3 664	1 080	61	61	61
Hrvatska Kostajnica	arrivals	17	6	11	94	100	92
	nights	33	8	25	118	133	114
Kutina	arrivals	160	71	89	62	48	81
	nights	172	71	101	32	21	50
Novska	arrivals	8	8	-	57	80	-
	nights	20	20	-	45	91	-
Petrinja	arrivals	99	44	55	72	79	68
	nights	263	144	119	70	61	83
Sisak	arrivals	639	501	138	100	111	74
	nights	1 446	910	536	83	94	68
Dvor	arrivals	35	-	35	58	-	58
	nights	68	-	68	33	-	33
Hrvatska Dubica	arrivals	15	-	15	125	-	125
	nights	45	-	45	125	-	125
Lipovljani	arrivals	9	9	-	43	75	-
	nights	24	24	-	67	133	-
Popovača	arrivals	36	7	29	55	30	69
	nights	36	7	29	55	30	69
Topusko	arrivals	640	568	72	68	71	54
	nights	2 637	2 480	157	56	57	53
County of Karlovac	arrivals	2 072	1 471	601	69	60	106
	nights	3 567	2 413	1 154	67	56	118
Duga Resa	arrivals	136	104	32	65	60	86
	nights	238	170	68	56	57	54
Karlovac	arrivals	568	281	287	85	81	89
	nights	1 080	431	649	85	63	112
Ogulin	arrivals	853	728	125	53	46	260
	nights	1 250	1 045	205	43	37	325
Ozalj	arrivals	35	26	9	350	650	150
	nights	120	104	16	480	^1)	94
Slunj	arrivals	78	62	16	101	89	229
	nights	111	79	32	103	78	457
Bosiljevo	arrivals	8	1	7	100	100	100
	nights	12	1	11	86	100	85
Draganić	arrivals	2	2	-	14	14	-
	nights	10	10	-	71	71	-
Josipdol	arrivals	83	63	20	93	107	67
	nights	239	219	20	185	243	51
Rakovica	arrivals	276	191	85	102	102	102
	nights	368	259	109	106	101	121
Vojnić	arrivals	23	13	10	144	144	143
	nights	115	95	20	338	352	286
Žakanje	arrivals	2	-	2	25	-	29
	nights	12	-	12	63	-	67
Ribnik	arrivals	8	-	8	67	-	73
	nights	12	-	12	63	-	67
County of Varaždin	arrivals	1 788	1 209	579	68	66	72
	nights	6 399	5 109	1 290	84	86	78
Ivanec	arrivals	126	81	45	-	-	-
	nights	260	184	76	-	-	-
Lepoglava	arrivals	5	4	1	22	20	33
	nights	5	4	1	19	17	33
Ludbreg	arrivals	123	87	36	81	109	50
	nights	204	145	59	76	126	39
Varaždin	arrivals	940	571	369	77	84	68
	nights	2 982	2 152	830	134	182	79
Varaždinske Toplice	arrivals	469	440	29	45	45	50
	nights	2 711	2 597	114	59	58	97
Gornji Kneginec	arrivals	72	20	52	44	32	51
	nights	108	21	87	29	17	34
Maruševec	arrivals	5	-	5	100	-	500
	nights	7	-	7	100	-	700
Petrijanec	arrivals	48	6	42	123	46	162
	nights	122	6	116	134	29	166
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	arrivals	954	722	232	79	81	75
	nights	1 558	1 143	415	78	88	60
Đurđevac	arrivals	351	266	85	76	74	84
	nights	613	468	145	100	113	72
Koprivnica	arrivals	530	415	115	85	93	66
	nights	837	623	214	83	90	67
Križevci	arrivals	69	37	32	68	58	86
	nights	104	48	56	41	62	31
Virje	arrivals	4	4	-	18	18	-
	nights	4	4	-	3	3	-
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	arrivals	789	589	200	65	65	65
	nights	1 992	1 494	498	60	64	51
Bjelovar	arrivals	259	209	50	92	105	61
	nights	399	306	93	51	96	20
Čazma	arrivals	33	13	20	89	48	200
	nights	53	18	35	58	26	152
Daruvar	arrivals	377	258	119	54	48	70
	nights	1 320	967	353	69	59	126
Garešnica	arrivals	14	14	-	82	93	-
	nights	43	43	-	30	36	-
Grubišno Polje	arrivals	54	45	9	59	61	53
	nights	79	66	13	42	58	17
Berek	arrivals	45	45	-	64	85	-
	nights	79	79	-	89	122	-
Ivanska	arrivals	2	-	2	-	-	-
	nights	4	-	4	-	-	-
Velika Pisanica	arrivals	5	5	-	500	500	-
	nights	15	15	-	^1)	^1)	-
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	arrivals	28 777	11 399	17 378	91	71	111
	nights	68 657	24 971	43 686	87	74	96
Bakar	arrivals	183	150	33	120	121	118
	nights	549	453	96	149	165	103
Cres	arrivals	106	11	95	123	122	123
	nights	249	18	231	75	150	72
Crikvenica	arrivals	1 348	645	703	75	52	125
	nights	3 807	1 580	2 227	71	48	106
Čabar	arrivals	62	56	6	54	49	-
	nights	111	105	6	44	42	-
Delnice	arrivals	651	622	29	101	105	60
	nights	1 169	1 129	40	86	89	45
Kastav	arrivals	101	18	83	98	64	111
	nights	150	22	128	78	35	98
Kraljevica	arrivals	130	115	15	51	56	33
	nights	645	378	267	144	107	284
Krk	arrivals	1 002	66	936	307	254	312
	nights	2 478	83	2 395	348	224	354
Mali Lošinj	arrivals	1 090	430	660	110	105	113
	nights	3 254	943	2 311	109	89	121
Novi Vinodolski	arrivals	604	302	302	157	103	328
	nights	1 019	446	573	130	97	175
Opatija	arrivals	12 813	4 330	8 483	97	84	107
	nights	32 750	9 443	23 307	86	82	87
Rab	arrivals	392	69	323	84	160	76
	nights	938	124	814	54	99	51
Rijeka	arrivals	5 740	1 956	3 784	84	55	116
	nights	7 819	2 808	5 011	83	59	109
Vrbovsko	arrivals	63	61	2	89	91	50
	nights	204	196	8	123	136	36
Brod Moravice	arrivals	20	20	-	87	87	-
	nights	60	60	-	58	58	-
Čavle	arrivals	30	30	-	57	57	-
	nights	34	34	-	50	50	-
Dobrinj	arrivals	12	-	12	86	-	86
	nights	53	-	53	156	-	156
Fužine	arrivals	470	428	42	101	95	300
	nights	921	830	91	46	42	337
Jelenje	arrivals	2	2	-	50	200	-
	nights	2	2	-	25	67	-
Lokve	arrivals	129	127	2	113	111	-
	nights	270	268	2	122	121	-
Lovran	arrivals	1 352	630	722	82	108	67
	nights	3 830	1 352	2 478	88	124	76
Malinska-Dubašnica	arrivals	648	204	444	34	14	114
	nights	1 985	414	1 571	46	13	143
Matulji	arrivals	76	15	61	54	26	73
	nights	325	122	203	71	77	68
Mošćenička Draga	arrivals	467	54	413	151	200	146
	nights	1 230	91	1 139	123	202	119
Mrkopalj	arrivals	183	183	-	41	41	-
	nights	487	481	6	53	53	50
Omišalj	arrivals	120	79	41	148	141	164
	nights	954	822	132	505	632	224
Punat	arrivals	148	44	104	71	55	82
	nights	394	70	324	45	23	57
Ravna Gora	arrivals	168	160	8	85	82	200
	nights	567	534	33	90	88	114
Skrad	arrivals	54	54	-	95	95	-
	nights	81	81	-	55	55	-
Vinodolska općina	arrivals	35	23	12	389	460	300
	nights	79	44	35	359	314	438
Viškovo	arrivals	55	52	3	108	102	-
	nights	174	162	12	160	149	-
Vrbnik	arrivals	1	-	1	100	-	100
	nights	2	-	2	14	-	14
Kostrena	arrivals	522	463	59	88	118	29
	nights	2 036	1 876	160	136	175	37
Lopar	arrivals	-	-	-	-	-	-
	nights	31	-	31	-	-	-
County of Lika-Senj	arrivals	3 127	1 611	1 516	110	113	108
	nights	4 484	2 639	1 845	104	105	103
Gospić	arrivals	842	487	355	121	131	110
	nights	1 192	731	461	121	131	108
Novalja	arrivals	152	80	72	82	78	88
	nights	245	111	134	50	48	51
Otočac	arrivals	136	102	34	197	162	567
	nights	418	380	38	218	204	633
Senj	arrivals	301	234	67	212	225	176
	nights	430	328	102	111	102	159
Plitvička Jezera	arrivals	1 696	708	988	99	93	104
	nights	2 199	1 089	1 110	104	100	108
County of Virovitica-Podravina	arrivals	740	579	161	98	101	88
	nights	1 955	1 748	207	125	143	61
Orahovica	arrivals	237	198	39	118	113	156
	nights	873	819	54	128	126	154
Slatina	arrivals	103	94	9	101	119	39
	nights	304	295	9	187	252	20
Virovitica	arrivals	170	151	19	167	184	95
	nights	328	306	22	136	219