CROATIA | TATJANA JOSIPOVIĆ 97 In 2019, in terms of tourism intensity, Croatia ranked first according to the number of nights (22.4 nights) spent by residents and non-residents in tourist accommodation per inhabitant. There were 19.6 million tourist arrivals and 91.2 million tourist nights recorded in commercial accommodation establishments, which, compared to 2018, was an increase of 4.8% and 1.8%, respectively. On the one hand, domestic tourists accounted for 2.2 million arrivals and 7.1 million nights, increasing in arrivals 9.4% and in nights 9.6%, as compared to 2018. On the other hadns, foreign tourists realised 17.4 million arrivals and 84.1 million nights, which is 4.3% more arrivals and 1.2% more nights than in 2018. The arrivals (41%) ranked first, followed by overnights (49%) in private rooms7. Figure 6: Tourism intensity (2019)8 explained/index.php?oldid=477790#Continuous_growth_in_the_tourist_accommodation_sector, accessed on 9 March 2021. 7 In the total number of bed places in 2019, 61.3% were bed places in holiday or other short-stay accommodation establishments, while in hotels and similar types of accommodation establishments, there were only 6.1% of bed places. Most hotels and similar accommodation establishments had less than 25 rooms (45.1%), i.e. from 25 to 99 rooms (30.7%), retrieved from Eurostat: Tourism statistics – annual results for the accommodation sector, October 2020, pp. 12-13. 8 Graph retrieved from Eurostat: Tourism statistics - annual results for the accommodation sector, October 2020.
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