Brac Island – Tourist Numbers for the first half of August

Tourist boards of the three largest towns of Brac Island presented their tourist numbers for the first half of August. As expected, numbers are significantly lower than last year, which is no surprise considering the COVID-19 pandemic, which affected the whole tourism industry in Croatia.

Tourist board of Bol has stated that traffic is at 56 % of the last year, accommodation capacities are at 43% with Croatians leading the way of guest nationalities. On Monday, August 10th, the eVisitor system recorded 3664 guests in Bol, out of which 2813 are foreign citizens, while 851 are domestic tourists. As for the accommodation units, private accommodation hosted 1886 guests, hotels 1495, camp sites 59, while non-commercial accommodation hosted 224 guests. As stated before, most people are from Croatia, followed by Germany (550), Slovenia (374), Austria (311), Poland (260) and Czech Republic (144).

The Supetar Tourist Board published that there were 10.402 arrivals in the first 15 days of August, which is a total of 88% of last year’s traffic. Also, 73.687 overnight stays were recorded, an 80% of 2019. In the period from January to Mid-August, a total of 188.313 overnight stays were recorded (47%). Most common guests were from Croatia, Germany, Slovenia, Poland and Hungary. On the date of 17th August, there were a total of 3868 guests in Supetar, 67% of last year.

The Sutivan Tourist Board stated there were 2162 arrivals in the first half of August (75% of last year) and 17125 overnight stays (69%). The entirety of tourism traffic is done in the private accommodation which improves its quality each year. Moreover, domestic tourists arrivals saw an increase of 38% when compared to last year. Foreign tourists account for 64% of total arrivals and 62% of overnight stays. Private accommodation leads the way with 79%, followed by hotels. Tourist board of Sutivan says they’re satisfied with numbers, especially when considering the pandemic. Most people come from Croatia, Poland, Slovenia, Hungary and Germany.

Source: Brac Danas