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The number of Hungarian tourists and the number of nights they spent in Croatia last year exceeded the record year of 2019 by more than a tenth, the Croatian National Tourist Board’s representative office in Budapest announced.
Last year, 728,000 Hungarian visitors went to Croatia, 21 percent more than in 2022, 13 percent higher than the previous record of 2019. The number of Hungarian overnight stays reached nearly 3.6 million, a 17 percent increase from last year and a 10 percent increase from 2019.
In February, May, October, November, and December, the increase was more than 30 percent compared to 2022, which shows that Hungarian tourists are not only visiting Croatia in summer, but also all year round, for city breaks, cultural trips, or active tourism.
Last year, the most popular destinations for Hungarians were the Kvarner region, Istria, Zadar and its surroundings, and the Split region.
Town of Opatija in the Kvarner region. Photo: Wikipedia
The Kvarner region broke its previous record, with more than one million nights spent by Hungarians, in the Istrian peninsula for 700,000 nights, and in the counties of Zadar and Split for 600,000 nights in each. In terms of individual settlements, Crikvenica, Vir, Rovinj, Porec and Opatija, as well as Medulin, are the most visited by Hungarians.
Rovinj, a seaside town on the Istrian Peninsula, is among the most visited Croatian settlements. Photo: Pixabay
The majority of Hungarian tourists traveling to Croatia (65 percent), stayed in private accommodation, 23 percent in hotels, and 11 percent in campsites, the latter up 19 percent compared to 2022. Nearly 100,000 overnight stays were recorded by Hungarian visitors as cruise tourists.
Last year, a total of 20.6 million tourists spent 108 million nights in Croatia.
These figures show an increase of 9% in arrivals and 3% in overnight stays compared to last year.
Split, Croatia. Photo: Pixabay
The Istrian Peninsula recorded the highest number of overnight stays, 30 million, an increase of two percent compared to 2022, with 20.2 million in Split-Dalmatia and 18.5 million in the Kvarner region. Most nights were spent in Rovinj, Dubrovnik, Porec, Split, and Umag, but the capital Zagreb also recorded a 13 percent increase, with a total of 2.5 million nights last year. German tourists spent the most nights in Croatia last year, 23.6 million, followed by Croats, Slovenians, Austrians, and Poles, with Hungary in ninth place.
Via MTI, Featured image: Pixabay