FOREIGN VESSELS ON CRUISE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, January – July 2021

In the first seven months of 2021, 49 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise were realised

In the period from January to July 2021, eleven foreign vessels on cruise arrived in Croatian seaports, which realised 49 journeys. There were 35 thousand passengers on board who stayed for 135 days in Croatia.

Foreign vessels on cruise under the flag of Panama realised the largest number of journeys, 26, which is 53.1% of the total number of journeys in the first seven months of 2021. The largest number of passengers also arrived on vessels under the flag of Panama, 32 thousand of them, which is 90.3% of the total number of passengers on foreign vessels on cruise.

Out of the total of 49 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise, the largest number, 35 of them, were realised in the County of Dubrovnik-Neretva, followed by 13 in the County of Split-Dalmatia and the remaining one in the County of Primorje-Gorski kotar.

The most visited seaport was the seaport of Dubrovnik

The majority of visits of foreign vessels on cruise were realised in the seaport of Dubrovnik (40 visits), followed by the seaports of Split (25 visits), Korčula (17 visits), Hvar (15 visits) and Šibenik (13 visits).

Increase in the number of journeys and passengers of foreign vessels on cruise compared to the first seven months of 2020, but a decrease compared to the same period of 2019

In the period from January to July 2021, the number of journeys of foreign vessels on cruise increased by 33 journeys and the total number of sojourns by 82 days, as compared to the same period of 2020.

The number of passengers on board foreign vessels on cruise in the first seven months of 2021 increased by 31 thousand compared to the same period of 2020, when, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, stricter epidemiological measures were introduced to limit the number of passengers on these vessels.

Compared to the first seven months of 2019, the number of journeys of foreign vessels on cruise decreased by 86.7%, the total number of sojourns by 82.0% and the number of passengers on board these vessels by 93.8%.

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.

Data on foreign vessels on cruise cover only seaports of the first entry of a foreign vessel into the internal sea waters of the Republic of Croatia (table 1, table 2 and table 3).

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.

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.

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