Statistical data from the field of tourism are crucial for monitoring this economic branch, which serves as an important factor in creating employment and developing infrastructure and is indirectly one of the main pillars of a country’s economy. Precise collection and publication of data from this field enables decision-makers, investors and those employed in tourism to follow trends, analyse tourist behaviours and habits as well as predict future needs of this fast-growing market.

In 2025, there were 94.8 million tourist nights in commercial accommodation establishments, which was an increase of 1.2% compared to 2024.

According to the types of tourist resorts, the most tourist nights were realised in seaside resorts, 87.4 million of them, which was 92.2% of the total realised nights. Concerning the structure of the total realised tourist nights in seaside resorts, 91.7% of them were realised by foreign tourists and 8.3% by domestic tourists. In 2025, an increase of 1.2% in tourist nights in seaside resorts was recorded compared to 2024.

In August 2025, there were 424 thousand rooms, apartments and camping sites available to tourists, with a total of 1.1 million permanent beds. In seaside resorts tourist had 382 thousand rooms, apartments and camping sites at their disposal, which was 90.2% of the total number of available rooms, apartments and camping sites, with 1.0 million permanent beds, which was 91.4% of the total number of available permanent beds. Compared to 2024, there were 1.4% fewer rooms, apartments and camping sites in seaside resorts, and 1.5% fewer permanent beds.

In 2025, Croatian population aged 15 and over took a total of 5.4 million private trips with overnight stays, out of which 63.4% were in Croatia and 36.6% abroad. On private trips with overnight stays in 2025, Croatian population aged 15 and over spent a total of 29.9 million nights, out of which 20.3 million nights (68.0%) on trips in Croatia and 9.6 million nights (32.0%) on trips abroad.

An average of six nights were spent on private trips with overnight stays in Croatia and an average of five nights were spent abroad. The average expenditure per private trip with overnight stays in Croatia amounted to 330 euro, while it amounted to 625 euro abroad.

In 2025, the survey included 216 nautical ports on the Croatian coast, out of which 86 were marinas. Their total water surface area was 4 848 475 m2 and there were 18 850 moorings. In 2025, there were 215 491 vessels in nautical ports, which was a decrease of 6.9% compared to 2024.

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