FOREIGN VESSELS ON CRUISE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
January – September 2022

There were 76 foreign vessels on cruise that arrived in the first nine months of 2022

In the period from January to September 2022, there were 76 foreign vessels on cruise that arrived in Croatian seaports, which realised 519 journeys. There were 506 thousand passengers on board who stayed for 1 101 days in Croatia.

The number of foreign vessels on cruise increased by 385 journeys and the total number of sojourns by 729 days in the first nine months of 2022, as compared to the same period of 2021. The number of passengers on vessels on cruise in the first nine months of 2022 increased by 368 thousand passengers compared to the first nine months of 2021, when, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stricter epidemiological measures were introduced that limited journeys of foreign vessels on cruise.

In the first nine months of 2022, compared to the first nine months of 2019, the number of journeys of foreign vessels on cruise decreased by 8.5%, the number of their sojourns by 3.2% and the number of passengers on board these vessels by 42.9%.

Foreign vessels on cruise sailed under the flags of 13 countries in the first nine months of 2022. The largest number of journeys of foreign vessels on cruise was realised under the flag of the Bahamas, as much as 133 journeys, which accounted for 25.6% of the total journeys realised in the first nine months of 2022. Those were followed by journeys realised under the flags of Malta (120 journeys), Italy (58 journeys) and Panama (53 journeys).

Out of a total of 519 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise, most of them were realised in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva (44.9%) and the County of Split-Dalmatia (31.2%), which made up a total of 76.1%. The remaining 23.9% of journeys were realised in the following counties: Zadar (13.3%), Istria (4.4%), Primorje-Gorski kotar (3.5%) and Šibenik-Knin (2.7%).

Dubrovnik was the most visited port

The majority of visits of foreign vessels on cruise was realised in the seaport of Dubrovnik (342 visits), followed by the seaports of Split (211 visits), Zadar (117 visits), Hvar (88 visits), Korčula (79 visits), Rovinj (56 visits) and Šibenik (51 visits).

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

The purpose of the statistical survey

The statistical survey is aimed at monitoring the entries of foreign vessels on cruise in the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia, the number of passengers aboard and the days in which a ship stays in the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia. The results of this survey provide indicators used in the analysis of tourism in the Republic of Croatia.

Legal basis

The survey is carried out on the basis of the Official Statistics Act (NN, No. 25/20).

Sources and methods of data collection

The data source for the statistical survey on cruises of foreign vessels in the Republic of Croatia is the Croatian Integrated Maritime Information System (CIMIS). The Croatian Bureau of Statistics takes over a part of the database from the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, after which it performs further processing.

Among other data, ships submit information on the ship, journey and passengers to this system through authorised maritime agents and shippers. The accuracy and completeness of the data in the official proceedings of registration is verified by the harbour master’s offices.

Coverage and comparability

Observation unit for this survey is a foreign vessel on a tourist cruise that enters the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia.

In the tables 1, 2 and 3, the data on foreign vessels on cruise include only seaports of the first entry of the foreign vessel on cruise into the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia.

In the Graph G-2, the data on visits of foreign vessels on cruise include all seaports visited by those vessels during their stay in the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia. Visits in seaports are presented by statistical seaports consisting of one or more ports, normally controlled by harbour master’s branch offices able to record ship and cargo movements.

Definitions

Foreign vessel on cruise means a passenger ship intended rather to provide passengers with a pleasure of a journey and facilities for entertainment aboard (luxurious atmosphere, adventures, education, culture, entertainment, sports activities, wellness or recreation) than the transport of persons from one seaport to another. It is equipped for a multi-day stay of passengers aboard and must provide food, drinks and accommodation services. On its journey, a foreign vessel on cruise stops in seaports of several interesting destinations.

A journey is an entry of a foreign vessel on cruise into the first seaport of the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia.

Visit is an entry of a foreign vessel on cruise into every seaport of the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia.

Passengers on board are any persons who arrived by ship irrespective of age, providing that he/she is not a crew member.

Sojourns represent a total number of days a ship spends in the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia.

Flag of vessel represents the country in which a ship is registered, that is, entered into the ship registry and is bound by its laws.

Statistical seaport consists of one or more ports, normally controlled by harbour master’s branch offices able to record ship and cargo movements.

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Persons responsible:
Edita Omerzo, Director of Spatial Statistics Directorate
Lidija Brković, Director General

Prepared by:
Ivana Brozović and Gordana Šiklić

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