Currently being showcased at the World Travel Market at the ExCeL centre in London’s Docklands, Croatia’s tourist industry is reflecting on a record year so far in 2023.
With two months still to be counted, and cities such as Zagreb, Dubrovnik and Rijeka gearing up for their family-friendly Christmas markets due to open about a month from now, the figures show 19.8 million arrivals between January 1 and October 31.
The compares favourably to the previous pre-pandemic record year of 2019, and an increase of 9% on 2022.
This year started, of course, with the news that Croatia had adopted the euro and had joined the border-free Schengen zone, facilitating travel across the board.