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 NOVEMBER, 2009

NUMBER: 4.4.3.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

NON-COMMERCIAL TURNOVER OF TOURISTS IN APARTMENTS AND
SUMMER HOUSES, 15 JUNE – 15 SEPTEMBER 2009

 

In the period from 15 June until 15 September 2009, there were 6% more arrivals and 19% more tourist nights in apartments and summer houses in Croatia than in the same period last year.

 

There were 4 762 million tourist nights, out of which 66% was the share of domestic tourists and 34% of foreign tourists.

 

In 2009, out of the total number of tourist nights, persons whose sojourn taxes were paid per night realised 32% and those whose sojourn taxes were paid as a package deal realised 68% of tourist nights.

 

On the average, there were 17 tourist nights per arrival. Domestic tourists spent 23 days in apartments and summer houses and foreign tourists spent 11 days on the average.

 

Most foreign tourist nights were realised by tourists from Slovenia (37%), Germany (12%), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary (9% each), Slovakia (6%),Italy (5%) and the Czech Republic (4%). The tourists from other countries realised 18% of tourist nights.

 

 

1.   NUMBER OF REGISTERED TOURISTS AND NIGHTS IN APARTMENTS AND SUMMER HOUSES, 15 JUNE – 15 SEPTEMBER
      2008 AND 2009

 

Arivals

Total tourist nights

Tourist nights for which sojourn taxes are paid

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

Per night

As package deal

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 270 190*

 287 264

  106

4 010 121*

4 762 086

  119

1 663 044*

1 538 188

  92

2 347 077*

3 223 898

  137

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic tourists

 121 062*

 134 725

  111

2 725 440*

3 147 046

  115

 378 363

 434 645

  115

2 347 077*

2 712 401

  116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign tourists from:

 149 128*

 152 539

  102

1 284 681*

1 615 040

  126

1 284 681*

1 103 543

  86

-

 511 497

-

   Austria

 8 385*

 9 158

  109

 7 5 691

 82  924

  110

 75 691

 57 599

  76

-

 25 325

-

   Belgium

  582

  730

  125

 5 657

 8 188

  145

 5 657

 6 330

  112

-

 1 858

-

   Bosnia and Herzegovina

 16 071

 13 840

  86

 115 770

 101 304

  88

 115 770

 101 304

  88

-

-

-

   Montenegro

  95

  176

  185

  897

 1 812

  202

  897

 1 812

  202

-

-

-

   Czech Republic

 6 211*

 5 678

  91

 47 199*

 45 047

  95

 47 199*

 42 418

  90

-

 2 629

-

   France

 1 147*

 1 186

  103

 11 284

 11 877

  105

 11 284

 10 282

  91

-

 1 595

-

   Italy

 6 597*

 7 280

  110

 73 550*

 82 169

  112

 73 550*

 61 311

  83

-

 20 858

-

   Hungary

 15 132*

 13 152

  87

 97 695

 93 790

  96

 97 695

 77 346

  79

-

 16 444

-

   Netherlands

 1 459

  992

  68

 14 629

 11 195

  77

 14 629

 9 921

  68

-

 1 274

-

   Germany

 17 788*

 18 080

  102

 198 565*

 201 503

  101

 198 565*

 150 159

  76

-

 51 344

-

   Poland

 3 460*

 3 498

  101

 28 733*

 30 030

  105

 28 733*

 28 351

  99

-

 1 679

-

   Slovakia

 4 821*

 8 510

  177

 36 226

 93 731

  259

 36 226

 37 585

  104

-

 56 146

-

   Slovenia

 55 456

 56 527

  102

 440 494

 679 072

  154

 440 494

 357 485

  81

-

 321 587

-

   Serbia

 3 649*

 4 011

  110

 40 360

 48 258

  120

 40 360

 48 258

  120

-

-

-

   Sweden

 1 108

 1 268

  114

 10 624

 15 371

  145

 10 624

 11 527

  108

-

 3 844

-

   Switzerland

 1 135

 1 236

  109

 11 136

 12 487

  112

 11 136

 11 542

  104

-

  945

-

   United Kingdom

 1 298

 1 236

  95

 13 179

 14 353

  109

 13 179

 11 347

  86

-

 3 006

-

   Other European countries

 3 138*

 4 028

  128

 42 738*

 51 978

  122

 42 738*

 49 015

  115

-

 2 963

-

   Canada

  263

  318

  121

 2 569

 3 458

  135

 2 569

 3 458

  135

-

-

-

   USA

  552

  667

  121

 8 341

 10 043

  120

 8 341

 10 043

  120

-

-

-

   Australia

  217

  360

  166

 2 027

 4 559

  225

 2 027

 4 559

  225

-

-

-

   Other non-European countries

  564

  608

  108

 7 317

 11 891

  163

 7 317

 11 891

  163

-

-

-

 

 

 

2.   NUMBER OF REGISTERED TOURISTS AND NIGHTS IN APARTMENTS AND SUMMER HOUSES, 15 JUNE - 15 SEPTEMBER
      2008 AND 2009, BY COUNTIES

 

Arivals

Total tourist nights

Tourist nights for which sojourn taxes are paid

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

Per night

As package deal

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008.

2008.

2009.

Indices
2009.
2008..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Republic of Croatia

 270 190*

 287 264

  106

4 010 121*

4 762 086

  119

1 663 044*

1 538 188

  92

2 347 077*

3 223 898

  137

domestic tourists

 121 062*

 134 725

  111

2 725 440*

3 147 046

  115

 378 363

 434 645

  115

2 347 077*

2 712 401

  116

foreign tourists

 149 128*

 152 539

  102

1 284 681*

1 615 040

  126

1 284 681*

1 103 543

  86

-

 511 497

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Krapina-Zagorje

  255

-

-

 10 218

-

-

-

-

-

 10 218

-

-

domestic tourists

  255

-

-

 10 218

-

-

-

-

-

 10 218

-

-

foreign tourists

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Karlovac

-*

  161

-

-*

 3 220

-

-*

-

-

-*

 3 220

-

domestic tourists

-*

  161

-

-*

 3 220

-

-

-

-

-*

 3 220

-

foreign tourists

-*

-

-

-*

-

-

-*

-

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

-

  49

-

-

167

-

-

  167

-

-

-

-

domestic tourists

-

  31

-

-

  112

-

-

  112

-

-

-

-

foreign tourists

-

  18

-

-

  55

-

-

  55

-

-

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

 66 994

 80 195

  120

1 497 730

1 732 398

  116

 482 126

 465 661

  97

1 015 604

1 266 737

  125

domestic tourists

 33 012

 34 124

  103

1 164 062

1 229 836

  106

 148 458

 156 688

  106

1 015 604

1 073 148

  106

foreign tourists

 33 982

 46 071

  136

 333 668

 502 562

  151

 333 668

 308 973

  93

-

 193 589

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Lika-Senj

 18 600

 17 966

  97

 208 412

 234 499

  113

 95 055

 83 110

  87

 113 357

 151 389

  134

domestic tourists

 8 873

 9 076

  102

 139 810

 143 624

  103

 26 453

 22 078

  83

 113 357

 121 546

  107

foreign tourists

 9 727

 8 890

  91

 68 602

 90 875

  132

 68 602

 61 032

  89

-

 29 843

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Zadar

 94 073

 101 989

  108

1 166 667

1 318 794

  113

 448 019

 447 805

  100

 718 648

 870 989

  121

domestic tourists

 49 580

 57 633

  116

 811 990

 921 914

  114

 93 342

 127 620

  137

 718 648

 794 294

  111

foreign tourists

 44 493

 44 356

  100

 354 677

 396 880

  112

 354 677

 320 185

  90

-

 76 695

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Šibenik-Knin

 27 492

 23 800

  87

 386 637

 410 468

  106

 137 187

 125 959

  92

 249 450

 284 509

  114

domestic tourists

 17 348

 17 260

  99

 294 222

 344 243

  117

 44 772

 59 734

  133

 249 450

 284 509

  114

foreign tourists

 10 144

 6 540

  64

 92 415

 66 225

  72

 92 415

 66 225

  72

-

-

  -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Split -Dalmatia

 18 049

 22 949

  127

 228 978

 454 090

  198

 115 256

 125 109

  109

 113 722

 328 981

  289

domestic tourists

 7 538

 12 433

  165

 143 485

 351 713

  245

 29 763

 32 898

  111

 113 722

 318 815

  280

foreign tourists

 10 511

 10 516

  100

 85 493

 102 377

  120

 85 493

 92 211

  108

-

 10 166

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Istria

 31 299

 26 390

  84

 365 408

 449 189

  123

 262 500

 155 290

  59

 102 908

 293 899

  286

domestic tourists

 2 217

 2 015

  91

 113 094

 101 009

  89

 10 186

 8 072

  79

 102 908

 92 937

  90

foreign tourists

 29 082

 24 375

  84

 252 314

 348 180

  138

 252 314

 147 218

  58

-

 200 962

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

 13 428

 13 765

  103

 146 071

 159 261

  109

 122 901

 135 087

  110

 23 170

 24 174

  104

domestic tourists

 2 239

 1 992

  89

 48 559

 51 375

  106

 25 389

 27 443

  108

 23 170

 23 932

  103

foreign tourists

 11 189

 11 773

  105

 97 512

 107 886

  111

 97 512

 107 644

  110

-

  242

-

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

Sources and methods of data collection

 

According to the World Tourist Organisation (WTO) and Eurostat recommendations for tourism statistics, tourists are persons who, outside of their usual residence, spend at least one night in a hotel or another accommodation facility for reasons of rest, recreation, entertainment, health, study, sport, religion, family, business, public tasks, meetings, etc. Tourists are not only persons who spend a night in a commercial accommodation facility (that is, in a facility intended for renting of tourist accommodation), but, from a wider point of view, tourists are also persons who, outside of their usual residence and for the above mentioned reasons, spend a night in one of non-commercial accommodation facilities, that is, in a facility that is not intended for renting.

 

Tourist turnover in commercial accommodation facilities is surveyed on monthly basis through the Report on Tourists and Nights (TU-11 form). The observed accommodation units in this Survey are collective accommodation facilities (hotels, camping sites, vacation facilities, mountain resorts etc.), as well as private accommodation facilities, such as rooms for renting, apartments, villas and summer houses if they are intended for conducting hotel and restaurant activities, that is, if they are rented to tourists, either directly or through travel/tourist agencies or other mediators. As such, they must be registered with a competent institution (tourist county office). Besides sojourn tax, tourists who stay in these facilities must also pay accommodation services. This activity is regulated by the Act on Hotel and Restaurant Activities (NN, Nos. 138/06 and 152/08) and the Provision of Tourism Services Act (NN, No. 68/07).

 

The Survey is based on records of sojourn tax payments kept by tourist associations of a town/municipality or a settlement. According to the Act on Sojourn Tax (NN, Nos. 35/95, 42/95, 52/95, 64/00 and 42/05), owners of apartments and summer houses as well as all persons who reside in these apartments or summer houses (except those defined in the law) are obliged to record their stay in a tourist settlement with a tourist association and to pay a sojourn tax on the basis of their residence in a tourist settlement. The sojourn tax must be paid by owners when they stay in the apartment or summer house in a tourist municipality or in town outside their place of usual residence in the period from 15 June to15 September.

 

Coverage and comparability

 

Since 1996 the Central Bureau of Statistics has carried out a special survey on non-commercial private tourist turnover called the Report on Tourists and Tourist Nights in Apartments and Summer Houses (TU-11v form).

 

The subject of this survey are tourists (owners of apartments and summer houses, members of their families, other relatives and friends) who stay in apartments and summer houses, specifically in parts of apartments and houses that are not intended for renting (“private non-rental accommodation”).

 

The number of persons registered in apartments and summer houses (owners, members of their families, other relatives and friends) as well as the number of registered tourist nights for which the sojourn taxes are paid in the period from 15 June until 15 September make the results of this Survey.

 

According to the Sojourn Tax of 1 January 2009, non-residents, providing that they are residents of the countries that signed the Agreement of the European Economic Area (all EU states, Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein), who own apartments and summer houses can pay the sojourn tax as an annual lump sum payment in the same way as Croatian residents.

 

These data are taken over from the form Registries and Check-

outs of Tourists’ Stays, defined by the Regulation on the Procedure of Tourists’ Registries and Check-outs and on Contents and Design of the Form for Registration at the Tourist Association (NN, No. 113/09).

 

The given data are provisional, having in mind the fact that not all tourist associations have adequately organised records of registration of sojourn taxes. Since the number of nights of tourists for whom the sojourn taxes are paid as a package deal cannot be precisely defined, these data are estimated in a tourist association on the basis of available information and insight to flows of that kind of turnover.

 

The quality of the results depends on the discipline of persons staying in apartments and summer houses in reporting their stay as well as the operation of authorities supervising this phenomenon. Therefore, the coverage of persons recorded in apartments and summer houses vary in different periods, which may affect index values in such a way that they can be either very small or very great.

 

The 2009 Survey covered 172 tourist associations of towns/municipalities/settlements. It mostly includes those tourist associations along the Adriatic coast that started to use IT technology in recording registries and payments of sojourn taxes.

 

Definitions

 

Tourist association is a legal entity that is established for strengthening and promotion of tourism of the Republic of Croatia as well as of economic interests of legal entities and natural persons in hotel and restaurant and related activities.

 

The tourist association is established for the area of a settlement, municipality or town, region, county and the Republic of Croatia on the basis of the Act on Tourist Associations and Promotion of Croatian Tourism (NN, Nos. 30/94 and 152/08).

 

The Minister of tourism promulgates tourist settlements on the basis of the analysis of the Central Bureau of Statistics and by defining their significance for the Croatian tourism.

 

Apartment or summer house is every building or apartment that is used seasonally or temporarily, but which is not an accommodation facility in which accommodation services are rendered by legal entities and natural persons engaged in the hotel and restaurant activityl. The sojourn tax is paid per each realised tourist night or as a lump sum, that is, the sojourn tax reduced by 70%.

 

The sojourn tax is the income of tourist associations.

 

Abbreviations

NN     Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

'000   thousand

 

Symbols

-    no occurrence

*  corrected data