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, 30 NOVEMBER, 2009		NUMBER: 4.4.6/3.
				OBLIGED TO NOTIFY DATA SOURCE

VISITORS TO MAIN TOURIST SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS

Third quarter of 2009

In the third quarter of 2009 the survey on number of visitors of main tourist sights and attractions covered 155 museums and galleries. The total number of visitors is 803 713, of which 297 004 (37%) domestic and 506 709 (63%) foreign ones. The greatest number of visits in museums and galleries was realised in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva (375 896) then in the County of Zadar (163 625) and in the City of Zagreb (69 604).

The greatest number of visits to other sights and attractions was recorded in the Dubrovnik City Walls (435 531), Croatian National Marian Shrine of Marija Bistrica (360 000), the Pula Amphitheatre (201 362) and the Zagreb Zoo (83 141).

The most visited tourist attraction was National Park of Plitvice with the 607 349 visits, of which  30 937 (5%) domestic and 576 412 (95%) foreign ones.

1.   VISITORS TO NATIONAL PARKS, JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2009

	VII. – IX. 2009.			I. – IX. 2009.
	Total	Domestic visitors	Foreign visitors	Total	Domestic visitors	Foreign visitors
Total	1 333 121	153 384	1 179 737	1 926 809	303 310	1 623 499
Brijuni	81 152	25 005	56 147	149 211	58 114	91 097
Kornati	57 300	27 300	30 000	71 980	32 880	39 100
Krka	443 221	42 393	400 828	601 480	78 746	522 734
Mljet	65 913	12 014	53 899	86 263	15 879	70 384
Paklenica	61 088	3 299	57 789	101 088	10 609	90 479
Plitvička jezera	607 349	30 937	576 412	882 391	82 045	800 346
Risnjak	7 772	6 606	1 166	19 671	17 909	1 762
Sjeverni Velebit	9 326	5 830	3 496	14 725	7 128	7 597

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

	VII. – IX. 2009.				I. – IX. 2009.
	Number of units	Total	Domestic visitors	Foreign visitors	Number of units	Total	Domestic visitors	Foreign visitors
Republic of Croatia	155	803 713	297 004	506 709	156	1 807 999	931 081	876 918
County of Zagreb	5	4 726	4 342	384	6	21 263	20 320	943
County of Krapina-Zagorje	7	19 437	14 370	5 067	7	63 990	55 000	8 990
County of Sisak-Moslavina	3	3 157	2 821	336	3	12 313	11 692	621
County of Karlovac	7	3 484	3 426	58	7	20 928	20 619	309
County of Varaždin	2	7 948	6 088	1 860	2	13 256	11 396	1 860
County of Koprivnica-Križevci	7	3 594	3 208	386	7	15 063	14 340	723
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	6	4 500	4 225	275	6	8 175	7 791	384
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar	15	26 395	11 982	14 413	15	69 616	47 911	21 705
County of Lika-Senj	3	879	640	239	3	7 346	7 009	337
County of Virovitica-Podravina	1	800	785	15	1	1 456	1 429	27
County of Požega-Slavonia	1	2 070	1 940	130	1	6 382	6 190	192
County of Slavonski Brod-Posavina	4	2 396	2 342	54	4	14 713	14 316	397
County of Zadar	12	163 625	38 933	124 692	12	194 640	59 155	135 485
County of Osijek-Baranja	7	5 709	5 485	224	7	19 673	19 051	622
County of Šibenik-Knin	4	20 176	10 391	9 785	4	34 884	21 269	13 615
County of Vukovar-Sirmium	5	1 537	1 276	261	5	5 864	5 316	548
County of Split-Dalmatia	16	24 167	15 827	8 340	16	71 679	55 099	16 580
County of Istria	10	62 217	15 027	47 190	10	89 337	24 786	64 551
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva	19	375 896	104 933	270 963	19	730 199	162 890	567 309
County of Međimurje	1	1 396	1 304	92	1	7 224	6 901	323
City of Zagreb	20	69 604	47 659	21 945	20	399 998	358 601	41 397

3.   VISITORS TO MAIN TOURIST SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS,  BY COUNTIES, JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2009

	VII. – IX. 2009.			I. – IX. 2009.
	Total	Domestic  visitors	Foreign  visitors	Total	Domestic  visitors	Foreign  visitors
County of Krapina-Zagorje
Castle Stubički Golubovec	96	96	-	272	272	-
Site of Neanderthal Man Hušnjakovo	4 269	3 757	512	25 256	24 277	979
Croatian National Marian Shrine of Marija Bistrica	360 000	350 000	10 000	790 000	745 000	45 000
County of Sisak-Moslavina
Lonjsko polje Nature Park	2 100	1 150	950	14 100	10 650	3 450
County of Karlovac
Old city of Ozalj	1 155	1 155	-	4 260	4 177	83
County of Varaždin
"Trakošćan" Castle	16 831	11 140	5 691	64 078	53 894	10 184
Old city of Varaždin	6 296	4 436	1 860	28 129	24 783	3 346
County of Koprivnica-Križevci
Old city of Kalnik	1 000	800	200	2 000	1 600	400
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora
Bjelovar Fair	25 431	23 631	1 800	55 218	51 238	3 980
County of Primorje-Gorski kotar
St. Lucia Church and  Baška Table	2 979	1 438	1 541	12 886	10 097	2 789
Fort of Trsat	5 839	3 398	2 441	12 137	7 501	4 636
Grobnik Circuit	20 774	6 053	14 721	46 053	13 014	33 039
Krk Fair	60 000	20 000	40 000	60 000	20 000	40 000
Summer Carnival of Novi Vinodolski	12 000	7 000	5 000	12 000	7 000	5 000
Carnival of Rijeka	-	-	-	180 000	175 000	5 000
Ruzica Vinodola Manifestation	10 000	5 000	5 000	10 000	5 000	5 000
Rijeka International Nautical Fair	5 774	5 774	-	5 774	5 774	-
Chivalric Crossbow Tournament in Rab	5 500	2 000	3 500	10 700	3 600	7 100
County of Lika-Senj
Velebit Nature Park	16 280	4 805	11 475	22 955	9 155	13 800
Nikola Tesla Memorial Center	4 647	3 956	691	15 284	14 366	918
The fort of Nehaj	20 488	6 938	13 550	35 074	17 773	17 301
County of Virovitica-Podravina
Papuk Nature Park^1)	24 350	23 050	1 300	50 650	47 500	3 150
County of Zadar
Telašćica Nature Park	79 337	19 834	59 503	79 337	19 834	59 503
Vransko jezero Nature Park^1)	23 200	15 800	7 400	40 816	28 087	12 729
County of Osijek-Baranja
Pejačević Castle	2 042	2 001	41	5 249	5 134	115
Prandau-Mailath Castle	3 000	2 500	500	12 500	10 500	2 000
Kopački rit Nature Park	7 741	5 714	2 027	12 940	10 275	2 665
Osijek Zoo	29 250	28 340	910	100 439	97 049	3 390
Šokačko-sijelo, festival of traditonal local customs	-	-	-	12 000	11 850	150
Osijek Summer Nights	35 000	35 000	-	35 000	35 000	-
County of Šibenik-Knin
International Children's Festival	18 225	14 142	4 083	18 225	14 142	4 083

3.   VISITORS TO MAIN TOURIST SIGHTS AND ATTRACTIONS BY COUNTIES, JANUARY – SEPTEMBER 2009

 (continued)

	VII. – IX. 2009.			I. – IX. 2009.
	Total	Domestic  visitors	Foreign  visitors	Total	Domestic  visitors	Foreign  visitors
County of Split-Dalmatia
Biokovo Nature Park	35 848	3 076	32 772	35 848	3 076	32 772
Salona Archaeological Locality	9 821	2 242	7 579	15 521	3 356	12 165
Fort "Klis"	5 484	2 405	3 079	9 356	4 225	5 131
County of Istria
Castle of Pazin	9 648	505	9 143	13 590	2 064	11 526
Pula Amphitheatre	201 362	7 746	193 616	304 559	24 870	279 689
Pula Film Festival	60 200	58 200	2 000	60 200	58 200	2 000
County of Dubrovnik-Neretva
Aquarium of Biological Bureau Dubrovnik	36 726	10 236	26 490	37 838	10 836	27 002
Trsteno Aboretum	10 585	4 126	6 459	19 488	6 730	12 758
Home of Marin Držić	707	145	562	1 744	722	1 022
Dubrovnik City Walls	435 531	130 659	304 872	677 247	203 174	474 073
Revelin Fortress	5 409	1 081	4 328	6 763	1 351	5 412
House of Marko Polo	22 499	4 499	18 000	27 629	5 755	21 874
Račić Mausoleum	1 800	500	1 300	3 100	800	2 300
Dubrovnik Summer Festival	60 000	40 000	20 000	60 000	40 000	20 000
City of Zagreb
Zagreb Fair	44 300	40 800	3 500	104 482	97 052	7 430
Zagreb Zoo	83 141	83 141	-	227 229	227 229	-
Floraart	-	-	-	210 000	208 000	2 000
Ice Rink Šalata	-	-	-	19 335	19 335	-
International Folklore Festival	10 000	9 000	1 000	10 000	9 000	1 000

1) See Notes on Methodology

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

	VII. – IX. 2009.					I. – IX. 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	880 340	756 671	55 530	68 139	25	1 886 734	1 459 488	221 746	205 500
County of Krapina-Zagorje	5	189 917	157 134	5 771	27 012	5	407 798	301 377	26 109	80 312
Thermal baths	5	189 917	157 134	5 771	27 012	5	407 798	301 377	26 109	80 312
County of Sisak-Moslavina	2	77 400	64 548	127	12 725	2	146 898	107 394	376	39 128
Thermal baths	1	72 275	59 473	77	12 725	1	140 325	100 962	235	39 128
Other bathing resorts	1	5 125	5 075	50	-	1	6 573	6 432	141	-
County of Varaždin	1	43 828	31 384	300	12 144	1	94 075	57 381	1 060	35 634*
Thermal baths	1	43 828	31 384	300	12 144	1	94 075	57 381	1 060	35 634*
County of Bjelovar-Bilogora	1	19 090	12 594	2 778	3 718	1	50 342	30 712	8 064	11 566
Thermal baths	1	19 090	12 594	2 778	3 718	1	50 342	30 712	8 064	11 566
County of Primorsko-goranska	2	198 078	197 243	835	-	2	415 676	413 277	2 399	-
Bathing resorts at the Adriatic coast	1	165 772	165 772	-	-	1	180 096	180 096	-	-
Other bathing resorts	1	32 306	31 471	835	-	1	235 580	233 181	2 399	-
County of Virovitica-Podravina	1	18 418	18 417	1	-	1	21 378	21 372	6	-
Other bathing resorts	1	18 418	18 417	1	-	1	21 378	21 372	6	-
County of Požega-Slavonia	1	11 905	11 656	238	11	1	13 747	13 438	298	11
Other bathing resorts	1	11 905	11 656	238	11	1	13 747	13 438	298	11
County of Osijek-Baranja	7	189 857	166 891	14 687	8 279	7	380 935	315 979	42 988	21 968
Thermal baths	1	78 462	63 075	7 108	8 279	1	165 830	120 758	23 104	21 968
Other bathing resorts	6	111 395	103 816	7 579	-	6	215 105	195 221	19 884	-
County of Istria	1	2 554	281	9	2 264	1	9 485	1 213	48	8 224
Thermal baths	1	2 554	281	9	2 264	1	9 485	1 213	48	8 224
County of Međimurje	1	41 788	39 802	-	1 986	1	74 420	65 763	-	8 657
Thermal baths	1	41 788	39 802	-	1 986	1	74 420	65 763	-	8 657
City of Zagreb	3	87 505	56 721	30 784	-	3	271 980	131 582	140 398	-
Other bathing resorts	3	87 505	56 721	30 784	-	3	271 980	131 582	140 398	-

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source

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

Methods of data collection and Coverage

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 recorded more than 10 000 visitors in 2008 or those important for a certain area were covered in 2009.

A certain number of attractions, although important in a particular region, were not processed in this survey, either because they were closed in the reference period or there were not records on the number of visitors or the reporting unit did not give the written consent for individual publishing of the number of visitors.

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 75/09).

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.

Definitions

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 include old cities, archaeological sites, castles, mines, monasteries, famous persons, birth places, eco-villages and monuments of culture.

Cultural and religious facilities are museums and galleries as well as pilgrimage places.

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

Events include concerts, festivals, summer games, sports events and 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 seen within an overall promotion, are media and means of sale advancement, thatis, 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.

Territorial constitution

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

-  no occurrence

* corrected data