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, 18 MARCH, 2010		NUMBER: 4.4.5.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

NAUTICAL TOURISM

Capacities and operation of nautical ports, 2009

In 2009, this survey covered 98 nautical ports on the Croatian coast, as follows: 58 marinas (of which 10 land marinas) and 40 other nautical ports. The total water surface area was 3 293 558 m² and there were 16 848 moorings.

On 31 December 2009, there were 14 801 vessels permanently moored in nautical ports, which was by 0.9% more than on 31 December 2008. Out of the total number of stationed vessels, 87.0% used water moorings, while 13.0% used land moorings.

By type of permanently moored vessels that used water moorings, there were 46.3% motor yachts, 47.9% sailboats and 5.8% other vessels.

By flag, the largest number of permanently moored vessels came from Croatia (36.6%), Austria (18.1%), Germany (14.6%), the USA (6.3%), Slovenia (5.8%) and Italy (5.0%), which makes 86.4% of the total number of permanently moored vessels.

In 2009, there were 204 137 vessels in transit in nautical ports, which was by 5.9% less than in 2008.

By type of vessels in transit that used water moorings, there were 35.1% of motor yachts, 62.2% of sailboats and 2.7% of other vessels.

In the same period, the largest number of vessels in transit came from Croatia (39.5%), Italy (23.3%), Germany (11.4%), Austria (8.2%) and Slovenia (5.2%), which makes 87.6% of the total number of vessels in transit.

The total profit realised in nautical ports in 2009 amounted to 543.3 million kuna, out of which 405.6 million kuna (74.7%) was realised through the renting of moorings. As compared to the year 2008, the total profit increased by 11.1%, while the profit gained through renting of moorings increased by 11.5%.

1.   NAUTICAL PORTS, 2009

	Total	Anchorage	Mooring	Marinas				Uncategorised nautical ports	Marina, categorised and marked by anchors
				Land marina	Marina, 1^stcategory	Marina, 2^nd category	Marina, 3^rd category
Republic of Croatia	98	15	19	10	6	24	18	5	1
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	32	8	7	8	1	3	4	1	-
County of Zadar	24	7	9	-	-	4	4	-	-
County of Šibenik-Knin	11	-	-	-	2	4	5	-	-
County of Split-Dalmatia	13	-	1	2	-	5	3	2	-
County of Istria	14	-	2	-	3	6	2	-	1
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-

2.   CAPACITY OF NAUTICAL PORT AND PERSONS IN EMPLOYMENT, SITUATION AS ON 31 AUGUST 2009

Water surface area, m^2	3 293 558
Number of moorings, total	16 848
Of that:
for vessels under 6 m long	1 184
6 – 8 m	2 136
8 – 10 m	3 578
10 – 12 m	4 636
12 – 15 m	3 191
15 – 20 m	1 512
Over 20 m	610
Length of shoreline equipped for mooring, m	63 824
Number of berths for land storage	5 209
Total surface area on land^1), m^2	753 369
Of that covered area, m^2	5 246
Number of employed – total	1 319
Of that with seasonal jobs	249
County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Water surface area, m^2	822 711
Moorings, total	3 378
Number of berths for land storage	1 938
Total surface area on land, m^2	181 760
County of Zadar
Water surface area, m^2	955 236
Moorings, total	3 771
Number of berths for land storage	1 030
Total surface area on land^1), m^2	127 938
County of Šibenik-Knin
Water surface area, m^2	531 059
Moorings, total	3 051
Number of berths for land storage	880
Total surface area on land, m^2	130 891
County of Split-Dalmatia
Water surface area, m^2	241 288
Moorings, total	1 789
Number of berths for land storage	410
Total surface area on land, m^2	72 104
County of Istria
Water surface area, m^2	646 803
Moorings, total	4 205
Number of berths for land storage	780
Total surface area on land, m^2	155 512
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva
Water surface area, m^2	96 461
Moorings, total	654
Number of berths for land storage	171
Total surface area on land, m^2	85 164

1) See Notes on Methodology

3.   NUMBER OF VESSELS IN NAUTICAL PORTS, SITUATION AS ON 31 DECEMBER 2009

	Vessels, permanently moored
	Total	Motor yachts	Sailboats	Other	Total indices I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.
Total	14 801	7 372	6 553	876	100,9
Vessels that used sea moorings	12 878	5 959	6 171	748	100,5
By flag
Austria	2 335	1 404	890	41	102,7
Belgium	47	28	16	3	38,2
Czech Republic	191	117	68	6	115,1
Finland	6	-	6	-	85,7
France	113	26	83	4	104,6
Greece	1	1	-	-	25,0
Croatia	4 710	1 599	2 560	551	104,0
Italy	641	371	241	29	99,8
Israel	6	-	6	-	200,0
Hungary	259	178	77	4	95,9
Netherlands	99	32	66	1	101,0
Norway	106	57	49	-	883,3
Germany	1 882	837	1 012	33	86,7
Poland	66	37	27	2	117,9
Russian Federation	13	7	5	1	86,7
USA	815	569	226	20	104,6
Slovakia	124	79	42	3	114,8
Slovenia	743	292	409	42	102,6
Sweden	50	9	41	-	122,0
Switzerland	70	29	41	-	89,7
United Kingdom	371	143	224	4	99,2
Other European countries	113	66	46	1	109,7
Other non-European countries	117	78	36	3	93,6
By vessel length	12 878	5 959	6 171	748	100,5
Under 6 m	569	154	40	375	99,1
6 – 8 m	1 323	824	306	193	91,1
8 – 10 m	2 791	1 485	1 243	63	95,0
10 – 12 m	3 776	1 470	2 240	66	101,0
12 – 15 m	3 158	1 115	1 996	47	105,3
15 – 20 m	980	659	318	3	107,9
Over 20 m	281	252	28	1	140,5
Vessels that used only land berths	1 923	1 413	382	128	103,6
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	3 373	2 193	886	294	98,3
Vessels that used sea moorings	2 170	1 255	745	170	94,9
Vessels that used only land berths	1 203	938	141	124	105,2
County of Zadar	3 129	1 401	1 636	92	100,0
Vessels that used sea moorings	2 904	1 256	1 560	88	100,5
Vessels that used only land berths	225	145	76	4	93,8
County of Šibenik-Knin	2 802	1 464	1 281	57	101,7
Vessels that used sea moorings	2 588	1 322	1 209	57	101,4
Vessels that used only land berths	214	142	72	-	105,4
County of Split-Dalmatia	1 401	467	789	145	108,5
Vessels that used sea moorings	1 239	345	749	145	108,6
Vessels that used only land berths	162	122	40	-	108,0
County of Istria	3 641	1 619	1 738	284	102,7
Vessels that used sea moorings	3 582	1 581	1 717	284	102,4
Vessels that used only land berths	59	38	21	-	128,3
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	455	228	223	4	82,4
Vessels that used sea moorings	395	200	191	4	82,6
Vessels that used only land berths	60	28	32	-	81,1

4.   NUMBER OF VESSELS IN NAUTICAL PORTS, 2009

	Vessels, in transit
	Total	Motor yachts	Sailboats	Other	Total indices I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.
Total	204 137	74 127	124 758	5 252	94,1
Vessels that used sea moorings	197 815	69 512	123 068	5 235	93,8
By flag
Austria	16 155	8 273	7 356	526	88,8
Belgium	573	270	295	8	75,3
Czech Republic	1 667	671	972	24	92,0
Finland	120	8	112	-	100,8
France	2 581	614	1 947	20	95,5
Greece	152	48	100	4	124,6
Croatia	78 084	13 454	61 757	2 873	90,5
Italy	46 018	20 820	24 629	569	97,9
Israel	53	8	45	-	52,0
Hungary	1 656	735	887	34	107,9
Netherlands	1 846	779	1 053	14	109,2
Norway	1 522	1 160	357	5	670,5
Germany	22 540	11 375	10 506	659	91,5
Poland	892	357	525	10	98,6
Russian Federation	117	43	72	2	107,3
USA	3 888	2 352	1 504	32	95,4
Slovakia	955	341	589	25	115,1
Slovenia	10 368	4 768	5 352	248	97,6
Sweden	589	88	498	3	96,9
Switzerland	808	291	509	8	86,3
United Kingdom	3 242	1 243	1 944	55	79,9
Other European countries	2 216	1 010	1 151	55	149,9
Other non-European countries	1 773	804	908	61	87,4
By vessel length
Under 6 m	5 154	3 826	563	765	91,0
6 – 8 m	16 049	10 263	5 308	478	86,5
8 – 10 m	34 884	13 873	20 624	387	94,3
10 – 12 m	66 760	19 043	46 171	1 546	97,7
12 – 15 m	58 050	13 225	43 286	1 539	90,7
15 – 20 m	13 389	6 741	6 141	507	97,4
Over 20 m	3 529	2 541	975	13	99,8
Vessels that used only land berths	6 322	4 615	1 690	17	102,4
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	26 187	17 010	7 207	1 970	97,4
Vessels that used sea moorings	26 070	16 931	7 177	1 962	96,9
Vessels that used only land berths	117	79	30	8	-
County of Zadar	55 289	24 376	30 858	55	94,5
Vessels that used sea moorings	50 598	20 679	29 864	55	95,3
Vessels that used only land berths	4 691	3 697	994	-	87,1
County of Šibenik-Knin	44 465	12 523	30 963	979	95,8
Vessels that used sea moorings	43 469	12 038	30 458	973	94,9
Vessels that used only land berths	996	485	505	6	166,8
County of Split-Dalmatia	33 718	5 232	27 082	1 404	90,8
Vessels that used sea moorings	33 652	5 192	27 056	1 404	90,6
Vessels that used only land berths	66	40	26	-	-
County of Istria	29 573	11 905	17 366	302	93,9
Vessels that used sea moorings	29 194	11 639	17 255	300	93,2
Vessels that used only land berths	379	266	111	2	195,4
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	14 905	3 081	11 282	542	89,8
Vessels that used sea moorings	14 832	3 033	11 258	541	89,3
Vessels that used only land berths	73	48	24	1	-

5.   USAGE OF WATER MOORINGS, BY MONTHS, 2009

	Permanent moorings		In transit
	Vessels^1)	Total number of days vessels stayed in nautical ports during month	Vessels	Total number of days vessels stayed in nautical ports during month
2009.	-	3 626 576	197 365	322 177
I.	11 808	347 293	642	1 896
II.	11 740	312 021	702	1 663
III.	11 781	324 472	1 459	3 515
IV.	11 680	300 459	6 356	12 242
V.	11 879	287 384	15 058	23 207
VI.	11 742	265 267	27 832	45 664
VII.	11 648	237 482	52 034	85 489
VIII.	11 840	235 280	62 901	101 929
IX.	12 221	272 638	22 602	33 226
X.	12 492	314 004	6 392	10 201
XI.	12 594	355 442	905	1 913
XII.	12 715	374 834	482	1 232

1) Situation as on the last day in a month

6.   PROFIT REALISED BY NAUTICAL PORTS, NOT INCLUDING VAT

Thousand kuna

	2008.	2009.	Indices I. – XII. 2009. I. – XII. 2008.
Republic of Croatia	488 902*	543 376	111,1
Renting of moorings	363 889*	405 690	111,5
Stationed	282 100	322 034	114,2
In transit	81 789*	83 656	102,3
Maintaining services	44 675	46 533	104,2
Other income	80 338	91 153	113,5
County of Primorje-Gorski Kotar	74 967	83 868	111,9
Renting of moorings	59 479	68 319	114,9
Stationed	52 088	60 435	116,0
In transit	7 391	7 884	106,7
Maintaining services	4 461	4 938	110,7
Other income	11 027	10 611	96,2
County of Zadar	117 530	126 733	107,8
Renting of moorings	85 030	93 991	110,5
Stationed	72 725	81 956	112,7
In transit	12 305	12 035	97,8
Maintaining services	7 400	8 065	109,0
Other income	25 100	24 677	98,3
County of Šibenik-Knin	116 901*	131 362	112,4
Renting of moorings	77 998*	85 110	109,1
Stationed	59 885	67 608	112,9
In transit	18 113*	17 502	96,6
Maintaining services	14 992	13 586	90,6
Other income	23 911	32 666	136,6
County of Split-Dalmatia	58 668	72 580	123,7
Renting of moorings	44 971	55 073	122,5
Stationed	26 224	34 832	132,8
In transit	18 747	20 241	108,0
Maintaining services	7 892	9 338	118,3
Other income	5 805	8 169	140,7
County of Istria	93 296	101 013	108,3
Renting of moorings	76 470	81 880	107,1
Stationed	61 678	66 749	108,2
In transit	14 792	15 131	102,3
Maintaining services	6 181	7 665	124,0
Other income	10 645	11 468	107,7
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	27 540	27 820	101,0
Renting of moorings	19 941	21 317	106,9
Stationed	9 500	10 454	110,0
In transit	10 441	10 863	104,0
Maintaining services	3 749	2 941	78,4
Other income	3 850	3 562	92,5

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source

Data are obtained regularly through the Report on Capacities and Turnover of Nautical Ports, which is carried out in the annual dynamics.

Reporting units and coverage

The reporting units in this Survey are nautical ports: anchorages, moorings, land marinas and marinas.

In this Survey the coverage is full, which means that all nautical ports are covered.

Definitions

Nautical port is a tourist facility that forms a unity in a business, territorial, constructional and functional sense, or which, within a broader territorial unity, has a separate part of land and conditions required to meet the needs of nautical tourism and nautical tourists.

Nautical ports offer tourist services in nautical tourism and other accompanying services to nautical tourists (trade, catering, etc.).

The categorisation of nautical ports in the Republic of Croatia is carried out on the basis of the Law on Tourist Activity (NN, Nos. 8/96, 19/96 and 76/98) and the Ordinance on Classification and Categorisation of Nautical Ports (NN, Nos. 142/99, 47/00, 121/00, 45/01 and 108/01).

In the new Ordinance on Classification and Categorisation of Nautical Ports (NN, No 72/08), which was issued in 2008 according to the Provision of Tourism Services Act (NN, No 68/07), there is a note that nautical ports holding decisions according to the previous Ordinance shall not be the subject of harmonisation with the new one. According to the new Ordinance (NN, No 72/08), a type of marina is marked by anchors (two anchors, three anchors, four anchors, five anchors).

Types of nautical ports are the following: anchorage, mooring, land marina and marina.

Anchorage is a part of water area equipped for the mooring of vessels in a bay protected from any bad weather.

Mooring is a part of water area and a part of a shore designed for landing of vessels. It is equipped with a mooring system. If possible, depending on the characteristics of the water area, there can also be a specially marked place for anchorage of vessels.

Land marina is a part of a land fenced and equipped for rendering services of storage and keeping of vessels as well as of transporting a vessel into the water or from water to the land marina.

Marina is a part of water area and a shore specially fenced and equipped for rendering services of mooring and keeping of vessels, as well as of accommodating tourists in the vessels or in the accommodation facilities in the marina. Marinas also render other usual services to nautical tourists. They can also render services of repairing and maintaining of the vessels.

Marinas are classified into the following categories:

- the first category comprises marinas of the highest standard

- the second one comprises marinas of medium standard

- the third one comprises marinas of the lowest standard

Besides categorised nautical ports, this survey covers also uncategorised nautical ports.

Water surface area comprises the sea area of a nautical port with piers (not including land part).

Sea mooring is an area in the sea where a vessel can be placed.

Shoreline equipped for mooring of vessels is a part of a shore adapted for mooring of vessels (piers with moorings).

Space for land storage is an area adapted for the storage of vessels.

Land area is a part of land where a vessel can be stored.

In 2009, there was a change in the way of expressing the total surface area of the land area, in one reporting unit, which influenced the decrease in data as compared to 2008.

Stays in nautical ports are divided to permanent and transit ones, depending on whether or not there has been a contract signed in advance for the sea mooring or land area. In case it has been signed, it is considered a permanent stay, if not, it is considered a transit (temporary, one-day) stay. Permanent contracts are those concluded for a period of time of more than a month.

In the nautical tourism statistics, vessels for entertainment and sports are classified into motor yachts, sailboats and other vessels.

Motor yacht is a vessel equipped with an engine intended for entertainment, sport or recreation and having, according to the common maritime usance, a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and cooking facilities.

Sailboat is a vessel intended for entertainment, sport or recreation whose main power is wind. It is equipped with a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and a cooking facility.

Other vessels are boats (made of wood, plastic, rubber and the like) 3 or more meters long or less than 3 meters long if they are equipped with an engine. Included are also motorboats if they do not meet requirements for yachts.

The income generated by a nautical port excluding VAT in the observed period means the income generated by a nautical port from renting of moorings and rendering of mechanical services. Other incomes include those generated from renting of vessels in business premises owned by the nautical port, sale of goods and hotel and restaurant services.

Abbreviations

etc.	and so on (Latin: et cetera)
m	metre
m^2	square metre
mln	million
NN	Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
VAT	value added tax
'000	thousand

Symbols

-  no occurrence

*  corrected data