The Croatian National Tourist Board welcomed 16.8 million tourists from January to September 2019, marking a 4% increase compared with the same period in 2018.
Overnight visits were up by 1.3% to 90.4 million a year.
While Germany remained the top market for Croatia, accounting for 20% of overnights for the first nine months of 2019, growth was seen in the long-haul markets of China, Korea, the US and Canada.
Long-haul growth was partly attributed to the opening of representative offices in China in 2018 and Korea this year.
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