ISTRIA had great tourist numbers over the past weekend, but it should be pointed out that it was just three days.

The number of arrivals on Friday, Saturday and Sunday is almost on last year’s level.

On 26th, 27th, and 28th of June last year, there were 54,000 arrivals in Istria, and 522,000 overnight stays in comparison to this year’s 51,000 arrivals (index 94) and 300,000 overnight stays (index 57). That means that there were only 6 percent fewer tourists in those three days than in the same last year period, with the overnight stays reaching 57 percent, which is much more than the expected maximum of 40 percent, according to the Glas Istre (The Voice of Istria)

The overall situation, however, is still devastating. Last year, that month broke all records with an index of 116 compared to June 2018, and this year, June is on the level of merely 29 percent in comparison to last year. That’s not surprising if we consider the fact that tourists have seriously started visiting Croatia only in the last couple of weeks.