The minister said that a 22-percent rise in arrivals and a 24-percent in overnight stays indicated record highs for 2017.
The eVisitor and eCrew systems for registration of guests show that the number of guests from 1 January to 18 June increased by 22 percent to 4.5 million on the year, whereas their overnight stays rose by 24 percent to 16.1 million.
German passport-holders were the most numerous visitors with four million overnight stays. Croatian tourists follow with 2.1 million overnight stays. The Austrians rank third (1.6 million).