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ISSN 1334-0565

 

YEAR: XLVI.

ZAGREB, 31 AUGUST, 2009

NUMBER: 4.4.6/2.

 

 

OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

 

VISITORS TO MAIN TOURIST SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS

Second quarter of 2009

 

In the second quarter of 2009 the survey on number of visitors of main tourist sights and attractions covered 142 museums and galleries. The total number of visitors is 690 342, of which 340 289 (49%) domestic and 350 053 (51%) foreign ones. The greatest number of visits in museums and galleries was realised in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva (341 956) then in the City of Zagreb (127 082) and in the County of Krapina-Zagorje (40 552).

 

The greatest number of visits to other sights and attractions was recorded in Croatian National Marian Shrine of Marija Bistrica (409 000), the Dubrovnik City Walls (230 697), the Floraart (210 000), the Zagreb ZOO (119 130) and the Pula Amphitheatre (97 895).

 

The most visited tourist attraction was National Park of Plitvice with the 262 534 visits, of which 47 247 (18%) domestic and 215 287 (82%) foreign ones.

 

 

1.   VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

 

IV. – VI. 2009.

I. – VI. 2009.

 

Total

Domestic visitors

Foreign visitors

Total

Domestic visitors

Foreign visitors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 571 107

 140 347

 430 760

 593 688

 149 926

 443 762

Brijuni

64 002

30 513

33 489

68 059

33 109

34 950

Kornati

14 400

5 400

9 000

14 680

5 580

9 100

Krka

154 066

34 680

119 386

158 259

36 353

121 906

Mljet

20 350

3 865

16 485

20 350

3 865

16 485

Paklenica

38 727

6 297

32 430

40 000

7 310

32 690

Plitvička jezera

262 534

47 247

215 287

275 042

51 108

223 934

Risnjak

11 629

11 047

582

11 899

11 303

596

Sjeverni Velebit

5 399

1 298

4 101

5 399

1 298

4 101

 

 

2.   VISITORS TO MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES, BY COUNTIES, JANUARY – JUNE 2009

 

IV. – VI. 2009.

I. – VI. 2009.

 

Number of
units

Total

Domestic
visitors

Foreign
visitors

Number of
units

Total

Domestic
visitors

Foreign
visitors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

  142

 690 342

 340 289

 350 053

  142

1 004 286

 634 077

 370 209

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Zagreb

  6

 12 138

 11 755

  383

  6

 16 537

 15 978

  559

County of Krapina-Zagorje

  6

 40 552

 37 142

 3 410

  6

 44 553

 40 630

 3 923

County of Sisak-Moslavina

  3

 7 009

 6 730

  279

  3

 9 156

 8 871

  285

County of Karlovac

  6

 10 686

 10 493

  193

  6

 17 444

 17 193

  251

County of Varaždin

  2

 3 808

 3 808

-

  2

 5 308

 5 308

-

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

  6

 8 803

 8 554

  249

  6

 11 469

 11 132

  337

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

  5

 1 782

 1 695

  87

  5

 3 675

 3 566

  109

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

  14

 22 768

 16 006

 6 762

  14

 43 221

 35 929

 7 292

County of Lika-Senj

  3

 5 150

 5 052

  98

  3

 6 467

 6 369

  98

County of Virovitica-Podravina

  1

  206

  196

  10

  1

  656

  644

  12

County of Požega-Slavonia

  1

 2 110

 2 102

  8

  1

 4 312

 4 250

  62

County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina

  4

 9 194

 8 912

  282

  4

 12 317

 11 974

  343

County of Zadar

  7

 20 285

 9 576

 10 709

  7

 31 015

 20 222

 10 793

County of Osijek-Baranja

  6

 7 367

 7 031

  336

  6

 13 964

 13 566

  398

County of Šibenik-Knin

  5

 9 238

 5 975

 3 263

  5

 14 708

 10 878

 3 830

County of Vukovar-Sirmium

  4

 2 170

 1 900

  270

  4

 4 327

 4 040

  287

County of Split-Dalmatia

  14

 30 594

 22 852

 7 742

  14

 47 512

 39 272

 8 240

County of Istria

  10

 23 985

 7 872

 16 113

  10

 27 120

 9 759

 17 361

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

  18

 341 956

 54 361

 287 595

  18

 354 303

 57 957

 296 346

County of Međimurje

  1

 3 459

 3 248

  211

  1

 5 828

 5 597

  231

City of Zagreb

  20

 127 082

 115 029

 12 053

  20

 330 394

 310 942

 19 452

 

3.   VISITORS TO MAIN TOURIST SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS BY COUNTIES, JANUARY - JUNE 2009 

 

IV.-VI. 2009.

I.-VI. 2009.

 

Total

Domestic visitors

Foreign visitors

Total

Domestic visitors

Foreign visitors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Krapina-Zagorje

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castle Stubički Golubovec

110

110

 

176

176

 

Site of Neanderthal Man Hušnjakovo

18 960

18 602

358

20 987

20 520

467

Croatian National Marian Shrine of Marija Bistrica

409 000

376 000

33 000

430 000

395 000

35 000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Sisak-Moslavina

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lonjsko polje Nature Park

12 000

9 500

2 500

12 000

9 500

2 500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Karlovac

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old city of Ozalj

2 736

2 653

83

3 105

3 022

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Varaždin

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Trakošćan" Castle

43 015

39 141

3 874

47 247

42 754

4 493

Old city of Varaždin

20 298

19 007

1 291

21 833

20 347

1 486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Koprivnica-Križevci

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old city of Kalnik

-

-

-

1 000

800

200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bjelovar Fair

2 489

2 259

230

29 787

27 607

2 180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Primorje-Gorski kotar

 

 

 

 

 

 

St. Lucia church and  Baška Table

9 907

8 659

1 248

9 907

8 659

1 248

Carnival of Rijeka

-

-

-

180 000

175 000

5 000

Fort of Trsat

5 249

3 237

2 012

6 298

4 103

2 195

Grobnik circuit

24 193

6 828

17 365

25 279

6 961

18 318

Chivalric crossbow tournament in Rab

5 200

1 600

3 600

5 200

1 600

3 600

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Lika-Senj

 

 

 

 

 

 

Velebit Nature Park

6 675

4 350

2 325

6 675

4 350

2 325

The Memorial center "Nikola Tesla"

9 581

9 354

227

10 637

10 410

227

The fort of Nehaj

13 639

9 914

3 725

14 586

10 835

3 751

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Virovitica-Podravina

 

 

 

 

 

 

Papuk Nature Park

18 650

17 250

1 400

26 300

24 450

1 850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Šibenik-Knin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vransko jezero Nature Park

15136

9997

5139

17616

12287

5329

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Osijek-Baranja

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kopački rit Nature Park

5 199

4 561

638

5 199

4 561

638

Prandau-Mailath Castle

7 000

6 000

1 000

9 500

8 000

1 500

Pejačević castle

2 951

2 887

64

3 207

3 133

74

Osijek ZOO

63 305

61 055

2 250

71 189

68 709

2 480

Šokačko-sijelo, festival of traditonal local customs

-

-

-

12 000

11 850

150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Split-Dalmatia

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salona Archaeological Locality

5 432

1 086

4 346

5 700

1 114

4 586

Fort "Klis"

3 211

1 293

1 918

3 872

1 820

2 052

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Istria

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castle of Pazin

4 112

1 114

2 998

4 842

1 559

3 283

Pula Amphitheatre

97 895

15 118

82 777

103 197

17 124

86 073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Dubrovnik-Neretva

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lokrum Nature Reserve

19 590

13 340

6 250

19 950

13 340

6 250

Trsteno Aboretum

8 663

2 409

6 254

8 903

2 604

6 299

Home of Marin Držić

647

285

362

1 037

577

460

Dubrovnik City Walls

230 697

69 209

161 488

241 716

72 515

169 201

Aquarium of Biological bureau Dubrovnik

-

-

-

1 112

600

512

Račić Mausoleum

1 300

300

1 000

1 300

300

1 000

House of Marko Polo

5 130

1 256

3 874

5 130

1 256

3 874

Revelin Fortress

1 354

270

1 084

1 354

270

1 084

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Zagreb

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zagreb Fair

30 137

27 710

2 427

60 182

56 252

3 930

Zagreb ZOO

119 130

119 130

-

144 088

144 088

-

Floraart

210 000

208 000

2 000

210 000

208 000

2 000

Ice Rink Šalata

-

-

-

19 335

19 335

-

 

1) See Notes on Methodology

4.   VISITORS OF BATHING RESORTS, BY COUNTIES, JANUARY –  JUNE 2009

 

IV.-VI. 2009.

I.-VI. 2009.

Number

of units

Visitors, total

Daily visitors

Licence for
repeated
entrance

Entrance
with
paid nights

Number

of units

Visitors, total

Daily visitors

Licence for
repeated
entrance

Entrance
with
paid nights

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Croatia

25

538 569

385 868

93 680

59 021

25

982 904

702 817

166 216

113 871

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Krapina-Zagorje

5

119 420

84 548

5 995

28 877

5

217 881

144 243

20 338

53 300

Thermal baths

5

119 420

84 548

5 995

28 877

5

217 881

144 243

20 338

53 300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Sisak-Moslavina

2

37 146

25 960

184

11 002

2

69 498

42 846

249

26 403

Thermal baths

1

35 698

24 603

93

11 002

1

68 050

41 489

158

26 403

Other bathing resorts

1

1 448

1 357

91

-

1

1 448

1 357

91

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Varaždin

1

17 444

17 284

160

-

1

26 757

25 997

760

-

Thermal baths

1

17 444

17 284

160

-

1

26 757

25 997

760

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Bjelovar-Bilogora

1

16 495

9 828

2 562

4 105

1

31 252

18 118

5 286

7 848

Thermal baths

1

16 495

9 828

2 562

4 105

1

31 252

18 118

5 286

7 848

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Primorsko-goranska

2

72 598

71 284

1 314

-

2

217 598

216 034

1 564

-

Bathing resorts at the Adriatic coast

1

14 324

14 324

-

-

1

14 324

14 324

-

-

Other bathing resorts

1

58 274

56 960

1 314

-

1

203 274

201 710

1 564

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Virovitica-Podravina

1

2 960

2 955

5

-

1

2 960

2 955

5

-

Other bathing resorts

1

2 960

2 955

5

-

1

2 960

2 955

5

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Požega-Slavonia

1

1 842

1 782

60

-

1

1 842

1 782

60

-

Other bathing resorts

1

1 842

1 782

60

-

1

1 842

1 782

60

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Osijek-Baranja

7

145 007

114 024

22 268

8 715

7

191 078

149 088

28 301

13 689

Thermal baths

1

61 097

37 319

15 063

8 715

1

87 368

57 683

15 996

13 689

Other bathing resorts

6

83 910

76 705

7 205

-

6

103 710

91 405

12 305

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Istria

1

2 983

321

14

2 648

1

6 931

932

39

5 960

Thermal baths

1

2 983

321

14

2 648

1

6 931

932

39

5 960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

County of Međimurje

1

21 084

17 410

-

3 674

1

32 632

25 961

-

6 671

Thermal baths

1

21 084

17 410

-

3 674

1

32 632

25 961

-

6 671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City of Zagreb

3

101 590

40 472

61 118

-

3

184 475

74 861

109 614

-

Other bathing resorts

3

101 590

40 472

61 118

-

3

184 475

74 861

109 614

-

 

 

 

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

 

The data source is the Quarterly Report on Visitors to Main Tourist Sights and Attractions, TU-21 form.

 

Results obtained in this survey refer to some individual sights and attractions on the basis of the written consent of a reporting unit in question (Article 56 of the Official Statistics Act, NN No. 103/03 and the Act on Amendments to the Official Statistics Act (NN, 75/09).

 

Observation units are all main tourist sights and attractions for which a number of visitors was reported in the reference period. The number of visitors is usually obtained through the number of tickets sold, but it is also possible for it to be determined according to other records or expert estimates. The following tourist sights and attractions are covered: national parks, parks of nature, strict reserves, forest parks, significant landscapes, monuments of nature, park architecture monuments, old cities, castles, mines, monasteries, famous people’s birth houses, eco-villages, museums and galleries, cultural monuments, festivals, sports events, other events, thermal baths, baths on the Adriatic coast, other bathing resorts, fairs, zoological gardens, aquariums, arboretums, botanical gardens and other tourist attractions not elsewhere classified.

 

Only attractions that in 2008 recorded more than 10 000 visitors and those important for a certain area were covered in 2009.

 

Tourist attraction is an attractive element in a certain tourist destination, such as a cultural-historical heritage, natural entirety or phenomenon, performance or event, which either motivates future tourists to come or is a mainstay of the development of tourism on that destination.

 

National park is a spatial, mostly unchanged area of extraordinary and multiple natural values, which comprises one or more preserved or slightly changed eco-systems.

 

Park of nature is a spatial natural or partly cultivated area with accented esthetical, ecological, educational, cultural, historical, tourist and recreational values.

 

Strict reserve is an area consisting of unchanged or slightly changed natural characteristics, which is intended exclusively for scientific research, providing that it does not change a biological diversity, authenticity of landscape and that it does not affect natural processes.

 

Special reserve is an area with specially accented one or more unchanged natural components, which has a remarkable scientific value and purpose. A special reserve may be of different kinds, as follows: botanical (floristic, reserve of forest plants etc.), zoological (ornithological, ichthyologic etc.), geological, hydrological, sea reserve.

 

Park forest is a natural or planted forest of an outstanding landscape value, intended for rest and recreation.

 

Protected landscape is a natural or cultivated area of either exceptional esthetical, cultural or historical value, or a landscape characteristic for a particular region.

 

Monument of nature is a detached unchanged part or a group of parts of nature, animate or inanimate, which have a scientific, esthetical, cultural or historical value. It may be geological (a mineralogical or paleontological site, structure of layers etc.), geomorphological (caves, solitary rocks etc.), hydrological (well, falls, lake etc.), botanical (rare plant or plant specimen important for the location it grows on etc.), spatially small botanical or zoological locality etc.

 

Monument of park architecture is an artificially formed space (public garden, botanical garden, arboretum, city park, line of trees, group of trees or an individual tree as well as other types of garden and park architecture) that has a remarkable esthetical, stylistic, artistic, cultural, historical or scientific value.

 

Cultural-historical sights: old city, archaeological sites, castle, mine, monastery, famous person’s birth place, eco-village, monument of culture.

 

Cultural and religious centres: museums and galleries, pilgrimage places.

 

Museums are institutions that systematically and scientifically process, keep and exhibit items that are significant for education, science and art.

 

Events: concerts, festivals, summer games, sports events, other events.

 

Bathing resorts are enclosed and cultivated water areas, usually situated near a water source, intended for bathing. These are recreational bathing resorts.

 

Thermal spas are bathing resorts with water used for health purposes, usually for medical rehabilitation.

 

Coastal bathing resorts are enclosed and cultivated water areas situated near the sea, lake or river.

 

Fairs are media, seen within an overall promotion, means of sale advancement, that is, of personal communication with the market.

 

Zoological garden is an enclosed space in which live specimens of various animal species are kept, exhibited for public, procreated and examined for scientific and educational purposes.

 

Aquarium is an enclosed space in which live specimens of water fauna are kept in water, exhibited for public, procreated and examined for scientific and educational purposes.

 

Arboretum is a separate space or a part of a botanical garden where trees and bushes are grown for scientific, ornamental and educational purposes.

 

Botanical garden is a space where plants (herbs, bushes) and trees from various parts of the world are grown for scientific, educational and sightseeing purposes.

 

The Nature Park Papuk spreads through two counties: of Virovitica-Podravina and of Požega-Slavonia. Data on visitors are expressed as for the County of Virovitica-Podravina.

 

The Vransko Jezero Nature Park also spreads through two counties: of Zadar and of Šibenik-Knin, but data are expressed as for the County of Zadar.

 

A certain number of attractions, although important in a particular region, was not processed in this survey, either because they were closed in the reference period or tickets were not sold or there were not any records on the number of visitors.

 

Data on counties are given by territorial constitution according to the Act on Territories of Counties, Towns and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia (NN, No. 86/06).

 

 

Abbreviations

etc.        and so on (from Latin: et cetera)

NN        Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia

ŠRC      Sports and recreational centre

'000       thousand

 

 

Symbols

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