Croatian Tourism Shines Despite Poor Weather

Croatian tourism notched up a slight decline in figures this July, although the figures for 2014 overall saw healthy growth.
In July, there were 0.4 per cent less arrivals and 2 per cent less overnight stays than in July 2013.  

Minister of Tourism Darko Lorencin in Split on Friday gave the figures while presenting the official tourism results for the first seven months of the year.

At the press conference Lorencin noted that while tourism recorded a small decline in July compared to 2013, the first seven months of 2014 saw an upward trend overall.
There were 3.5 per cent more arrivals and 1 per cent more overnight stays over the seven months compared to the same period in 2013.

When it comes to July results, the regions around the bigger resorts in Dalmatia  - Dubrovnik, Split and Zadar – as well as the capital, Zagreb, registered the best results.

Dubrovnik-Neretva County recorded 7 per cent more arrivals and 2 per cent overnight stays, Split-
Dalmatia County had 7 per cent more arrivals and 5 per cent more overnight stays, and Zadar County had 5 per cent more in arrivals and 2 per cent more overnight stays than last year.
The city of Zagreb recorded 11 per cent more arrivals and 8 per cent more overnight stays than in 2013.

The region of Istria, close to Italy, saw the worst results, with 7 per cent fewer arrivals and overnight stays than in 2013, while the Kvarner region saw 8 per cent fewer arrivals and 8.5 per cent fewer overnight stays

Lorencin described the results as satisfactory given the unusually poor weather that the whole region has experienced in 2014, which included massive flooding in Bosnia, Serbia and parts of Croatia in May.

“I am sure that will we learn some...