TOURISM IN FEBRUARY 2001¹⁾

In February 2001 there were 5% tourist arrivals and 2% tourist nights more in commercial accomodation facilities in Croatia than in February 2000.

There were 100 129 beds at tourists’ disposal out of which 35 679 of them in hotels and 24 360 in ports of nautical tourism. Occupancy rate of all accomodation capacities was 9.0% out of which 20.8% in hotels.

In February 2001 tourists realised 253 523 tourist nights: 55.2% by domestic tourists, and 44.8%. Domestic tourist nights in February 2001 decreased by 2%, while foreign tourist nights increased by 6%, as compared to 2000.

In February 2001 most foreign tourist nights were realised by tourists from Austria (16.8%), Italy (12.5%), Slovenia (11.5%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (11.3%), Germany (7.6%), Great Britain (5.6%) Hungary (4.3%), the USA (3.5%) and France (2.0%), which makes a total of 75.1%.

1. TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS

	Arrivals			Nights			February 2001
	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.	structure, of nights (%)	average number of nights by arrival
	2000.	2001.		2000.	2001.
Total	91 963	96 458	105	249 629	253 523	102	100,0	2,6
Domestic tourists	54 742	55 346	101	142 605	139 971	98	55,2	2,5
Foreign tourists	37 221	41 112	110	107 024	113 552	106	44,8	2,8

1) See Notes on Methodology

2. FOREIGN TOURISTS ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE

	Arrivals			Nights			February 2001
	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.	structure, of nights (%)	average number of nights by arrival
	2000.	2001.		2000.	2001.
TOTAL	37 221	41 112	110	107 024	113 552	106	100,0	2,8
Austria	4 478	5 795	129	14 855	19 087	128	16,8	3,3
Belgium	408	263	64	1 659	552	33	0,5	2,1
Belarus	140	14	10	937	50	5	0,0	3,6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4 421	4 398	99	15 525	12 843	83	11,3	2,9
Bulgaria	217	482	222	399	830	208	0,7	1,7
Czech Republic	766	675	88	2 424	1 548	64	1,4	2,3
Denmark	229	195	85	809	519	64	0,5	2,7
Estonia	16	6	38	36	17	47	0,0	2,8
Finland	257	66	26	536	164	31	0,1	2,5
France	1 285	1 076	84	2 078	2 323	112	2,0	2,2
Greece	132	198	150	334	1 422	426	1,3	7,2
Ireland	106	87	82	239	262	110	0,2	3,0
Iceland	94	59	63	190	129	68	0,1	2,2
Italy	5 393	7 024	130	11 466	14 198	124	12,5	2,0
Israel	60	87	145	168	212	126	0,2	2,4
Yugoslavia	199	375	188	565	865	153	0,8	2,3
Latvia	13	1	8	18	2	11	0,0	2,0
Lithuania	15	34	227	46	84	183	0,1	2,5
Luxembourg	6	18	300	11	36	327	0,0	2,0
Hungary	988	1 228	124	4 036	4 917	122	4,3	4,0
Macedonia	569	557	98	1 205	1 574	131	1,4	2,8
Netherlands	1 171	1 183	101	1 807	2 151	119	1,9	1,8
Norway	224	211	94	446	441	99	0,4	2,1
Germany	3 070	3 811	124	7 897	8 662	110	7,6	2,3
Poland	547	587	107	2 341	2 243	96	2,0	3,8
Portugal	48	40	83	88	91	103	0,1	2,3
Romania	324	492	152	601	1 848	307	1,6	3,8
Russian Federation	332	254	77	1 491	1 286	86	1,1	5,1
Slovakia	266	371	139	853	999	117	0,9	2,7
Slovenia	4 608	4 488	97	15 756	13 066	83	11,5	2,9
Spain	1 107	528	48	2 799	1 256	45	1,1	2,4
Sweden	372	257	69	912	645	71	0,6	2,5
Switzerland	708	457	65	1 107	893	81	0,8	2,0
Turkey	148	273	184	294	602	205	0,5	2,2
Ukraine	53	75	142	258	267	103	0,2	3,6
Great Britain	1 542	1 645	107	5 280	6 414	121	5,6	3,9
Other European countries	254	211	83	667	420	63	0,4	2,0
Australia	93	180	194	295	347	118	0,3	1,9
Japan	125	310	248	204	883	433	0,8	2,8
Canada	438	710	162	1 057	1 515	143	1,3	2,1
New Zealand	23	18	78	40	37	92	0,0	2,1
USA	1 385	1 475	106	3 576	3 946	110	3,5	2,7
Other non-European countries	591	898	152	1 719	3 906	227	3,4	4,3

1) The index exceeds 999.

3. TOURIST ARRIVALS AND NIGHTS IN PORTS OF NAUTICAL TOURISM

	Arrivals			Nights
	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.	February		Indices II. 2001. II. 2000.
	2000.	2001.		2000.	2001.
Total	251	617	246	725	1 552	214
Domestic tourists	8	55	688	12	142	^1)
Foreign tourists	243	562	231	713	1 410	198

1) The index exceeds 999.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source

Data on turnover of tourists (number of tourist arrivals and tourist nights) are collected from regular monthly report (report form TU-11). Reports are usually made on the basis of reception records in guest books.

Methods of collection

The methodology of this survey is based on the recommen-dations of Eurostat and World Tourist Organisation (WTO).

Report units are all business entities (enterprises/trade companies, craftsmen, co-operatives, institutions, associations etc.) and their parts engaged in providing accommodation services in tourism: health institutions for their facilities in which persons stay for medical rehabilitation (costs are on persons themselves); business entities and their parts engaged in organising and arranging of tourists’ stay in rural households; tourist boards and other bodies competent for private rooms, apartments or summer houses directly rented by private persons/households; business entities and their parts for their vacation facilities; business entities which founded or take care of mountain resorts; military institutions for their catering establishments; business entities who use schools, homes and similar facilities as temporary vacation facilities during school vacations; business entities Sleeping and restaurant cars and business entities in river and sea water transport (only scheduled lines).

All data by types of facilities are presented according to the Regulations issued in Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Nos. 17/82; 22, 26/89, 24/90.

Coverage

Reports cover all legal entities and their parts and natural persons as well as households that rent accommodation facilities to tourists. Since 1 January 2001 collective tables have covered turnover realised in all accommodation facilities, including ports of nautical tourism. The basic year has been presented in the same way.

Data do not include non-commercial tourist turnover (owner’s stay and stay of their relatives and friends in villas and summer houses). This is covered by a separate statistical survey (report form TU-11v).

In tables 5 and 8 of this Release there is a separate presentation of the turnover in ports of nautical tourism, which is in line with the recommendations of the Eurostat.

Definitions

Tourist is every person who, outside his place of permanent residence, spends at least one night in a hotel or some other accommodation facility for reasons of rest, recreation, health, study, sport, religion, family, business, public tasks or meeting. Excluded are migrants, borderline workers, diplomats, military force members on their regular duties, displaced persons and nomads.

Residence is a place where a person came with an intention of permanent stay.

Tourist is registered in every place or facility where he stays and, therefore, in case of change of place or facility he must register again, which results in data ambiguity. Consequently, the statistics register the number of tourist arrivals, and not the number of tourists.

Domestic tourist is a person with permanent residence in the Republic of Croatia who spends at least one night in a hotel or some other accommodation facility outside their place of residence.

Foreign tourist is every person with permanent residence outside of the Republic of Croatia who temporarily resides in Croatia and who spends at least one night in a hotel or some other accommodation facility.

Accommodation capacities are presented as a number of rooms and beds available during one month. The number of beds includes permanent and portable beds. Permanent beds are regularly ready-made for guests, while portable ones are made when necessary.

Territorial constitution

Data on counties, cities and municipalities are given by territorial constitution according to the Law on County, City and Municipality Areas in the Republic of Croatia (Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia, Nos. 10/97, 124/97, 68/98, 117/99 and 128/99).

Abbreviations

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Symbols

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