NAUTICAL TOURISM – FOREIGN VESSELS FOR LEISURE AND SPORT IN 2004

The total number of coastal navigation licences issued in the Republic of Croatia in 2004 increased by 1.8%, as compared to the year 2003.

According to the mode of arriving in the Republic of Croatia, 26.4% vessels arrived by sea, 60.2% by land and 13.4% stayed in Croatia throughout the winter from the last year.

By flag of vessels, the largest number of licences for coastal navigation in 2004 in the Republic of Croatia (89.9%) was issued to Germany (32.5%), Italy (27.0%), Austria (14.6%), Slovenia (8.0%), USA (3.3%), the Czech Republic (2.5%) and France (2.0%).

By type of vessels, 21.2% of licences was issued for motor yachts, 18.9% for sailboats and 59.9% for other vessels.

By length of vessels, the largest number of licences (96.9%) was issued for vessels up to 6 meters long (49.5%), then for vessels 6 to 8 meters long (17.5%), for vessels 8 to 10 meters long (10.9%), for vessels 10 to 12 meters long (11.2%) and for those 12 to 15 meters long (7.8%).

By nationality, the largest number of persons on board (89.2%) in 2004 were Germans (30.1%), followed by Italians (27.7%), Austrians (16.3%), Slovenians (8.8%), Czechs (2.8%) Hungarians (1.8%) and British (1.7%).

Most persons (98.2%) were on board in the period from April to September.

By flag of vessels, the largest number of licences for staying in a port, landing place, a marina or to be guarded in the Republic of Croatia was issued to Germany (32.0%), Austria (27.6%), USA (9.2%), Italy (8.2%), Slovenia (6.6%) and to Great Britain (3.9 %), which makes the total of 87.5%.

1. NUMBER OF ISSUED AND PROLONGED LICENCES¹⁾ FOR COASTAL NAVIGATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF
CROATIA

	Navigation licences
	2003.	2004.	indices 2004. 2003.	By mode of arrival in the Republic of Croatia, 2004
				By sea	By land	From winter stay
TOTAL	52 513	53 475	101,8	14 126	32 168	7 181
By flag of the vessel
Austria	7 989	7 827	98,0	1 266	4 564	1 997
Belgium	-	502	-	24	338	140
Czech Republic	1 368	1 362	99,6	43	1 191	128
Finland	-	24	-	8	3	13
France	1 053	1 051	99,8	757	213	81
Greece	-	53	-	14	-	39
Italy	14 057	14 443	102,7	7 634	6 476	333
Israel	-	10	-	9	-	1
Hungary	598	705	117,9	30	535	140
Netherlands	966	1 001	103,6	123	809	69
Norway	-	31	-	17	9	5
Germany	17 791	17 376	97,7	1 540	13 445	2 391
Poland	-	181	-	24	118	39
Russian Federation	-	12	-	3	4	5
USA	1 547	1 741	112,5	352	613	776
Slovakia	-	203	-	7	163	33
Slovenia	3 989	4 274	107,1	827	2 968	479
Sweden	-	131	-	43	50	38
Switzerland	290	298	102,8	96	142	60
Great Britain	853	918	107,6	640	94	184
Other countries	2 012^2)	1 332	66,2	669	433	230
By type of a vessel
Motor yachts	10 975	11 355	103,5	6 404	1 867	3 084
Sailboats	9 509	10 111	106,3	6 348	669	3 094
Other vessels	32 029	32 009	99,9	1 374	29 632	1 003
By length of a vessel
Under 6 m	26 753	26 482	99,0	913	25 015	554
6 – 8 m	9 154	9 341	102,0	1 982	6 011	1 348
8 – 10 m	5 675	5 846	103,0	3 228	699	1 919
10 – 12 m	5 713	5 999	105,0	3 902	263	1 834
12 – 15 m	3 797	4 173	109,9	2 774	157	1 242
15 – 20 m	984	1 102	112,0	845	14	243
Over 20 m	437	532	121,7	482	9	41
By months
January	49	26	53,1	10	7	9
February	68	47	69,1	13	7	27
March	404	382	94,6	124	51	207
April	1 979	1 816	91,8	450	476	890
May	4 547	4 987	109,7	961	2 640	1 386
June	10 158	9 253	91,1	2 042	5 748	1 463
July	15 477	17 356	112,1	4 843	10 868	1 645
August	17 200	17 055	99,2	5 042	10 999	1 014
September	2 048	1 975	96,4	440	1 239	296
October	377	353	93,6	137	89	127
November	124	132	106,5	36	32	64
December	82	93	113,4	28	12	53

1) Prolonged licences refer to vessels that stayed in Croatia throughout the winter.

2) Including Scandinavian countries, but presented jointly.

2. NUMBER OF PERSONS ON BOARD
(based on issued licences for coastal navigation in the Republic of Croatia)

	Persons on board
	2003.	2004.	indices 2004. 2003.	By mode of arrival in the Republic of Croatia, 2004
				By sea	By land^1)	By own transport^2)
TOTAL	171 868	170 167	99,0	46 515	96 972	26 680
By nationality
Austria	30 827	27 700	89,9	4 116	15 821	7 763
Belgium	-	1 335	-	102	944	289
Czech Republic	5 913	4 845	81,9	467	3 225	1 153
Finland	-	86	-	25	38	23
France	2 669	2 700	101,2	1 295	1 085	320
Greece	-	118	-	52	22	44
Croatia	-	1 007	-	178	558	271
Italy	49 074	47 132	96,0	27 121	18 704	1 307
Israel	-	84	-	58	24	2
Hungary	3 104	3 123	100,6	434	1 792	897
Netherlands	2 520	2 718	107,9	344	2 219	155
Norway	-	192	-	60	63	69
Germany	49 514	51 148	103,3	4 689	38 251	8 208
Poland	-	726	-	125	448	153
Russian Federation	-	164	-	81	41	42
USA	1 649	2 397	145,4	671	1 025	701
Slovakia	-	728	-	46	543	139
Slovenia	14 272	15 026	105,3	2 565	9 367	3 094
Sweden	-	461	-	139	156	166
Switzerland	1 238	964	77,9	325	446	193
Great Britain	2 751	2 835	103,1	1 575	712	548
Other countries	8 337^3)	4 678	56,1	2 047	1 488	1 143
By months
January	125	98	78,4	26	23	49
February	234	119	50,9	35	21	63
March	1 878	1 287	68,5	259	462	566
April	10 661	10 512	98,6	1 558	4 943	4 011
May	17 787	18 691	105,1	3 620	9 665	5 406
June	31 552	29 094	92,2	6 828	16 594	5 672
July	45 689	51 738	113,2	15 852	30 032	5 854
August	54 676	51 182	93,6	16 359	31 238	3 585
September	7 517	5 845	77,8	1 437	3 582	826
October	1 267	941	74,3	387	307	247
November	292	522	178,8	118	78	326
December	190	138	72,6	36	27	75

1) Vessel was brought to Croatia.

2) Vessel stayed throughout the winter.

3) Including Scandinavian countries, but presented jointly.

3. NUMBER OF LICENCES ISSUED FOR STAYING IN PORT, LANDING PLACE OR MARINA TO BE
GUARDED

	Licences issued
	2003.	2004.	indices 2004. 2003.	By type of registration of arrival in Croatia, 2004
				By sea	By land	From winter stay^1)
TOTAL	9 367	9 727	103,8	1 172	1 691	6 864
By flag of the vessel
Austria	2 735	2 684	98,1	361	327	1 996
Belgium	-	37	-	5	1	31
Czech Republic	166	178	107,2	24	19	135
Finland	-	11	-	2	4	5
France	119	155	130,3	38	20	97
Greece	-	33	-	5	1	27
Italy	687	801	116,6	98	361	342
Israel	-	6	-	1	-	5
Hungary	136	194	142,6	16	23	155
Netherlands	71	90	126,8	10	11	69
Norway	-	16	-	7	3	6
Germany	3 152	3 115	98,8	323	531	2 261
Poland	-	47	-	3	6	38
Russian Federation	-	9	-	3	-	6
USA	713	892	125,1	80	120	692
Slovakia	-	84	-	12	10	62
Slovenia	695	642	92,4	81	156	405
Sweden	-	54	-	2	12	40
Switzerland	74	92	124,3	9	15	68
Great Britain	285	376	131,9	58	31	287
Other countries	534^2)	211	39,5	34	40	137
By type of a vessel
Motor yachts	3 460	3 813	110,2	507	295	3 011
Sailboats	3 729	4 034	108,2	654	394	2 986
Other vessels	2 178	1 880	86,3	11	1 002	867

1) Vessels that stayed in Croatia throughout the winter, that is, those for which their status of vessels on winter stay has been prolonged.

2) Including Scandinavian countries, but presented jointly.

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

Source

Data are collected through regular annual survey “Annual Report on Foreign Vessels for Leisure and Sports” for the year 2004.

Reporting units and coverage

Reporting units in this survey are harbour master’s offices and their branch offices.

The coverage is in this survey full, which means that it includes all harbour master’s offices and their branch offices.

Since 2003 the question on the mode of arrival has been added to the questionnaire for vessels that in the previous year stayed throughout the winter in Croatia. Since 2004 data for countries that were earlier presented jointly within the item Other countries have been monitored separately. Therefore, indices for these data could not been presented.

Definitions

In the nautical tourism statistics, vessels for leisure and sport are distinguished as yachts (motor yachts and sailboats) and other vessels.

Motor yacht is an engine-operated vessel intended for leisure, sports or recreation, equipped with a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and cooking appliances.

Sailboat is a wind-powered vessel intended for leisure, sports or recreation. It is equipped with a cabin with at least two beds, a toilet and cooking appliances.

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.

Abbreviations

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