August the third, 2023 – Regardless of being fashionable, Croatian nautical tourism isn’t doing in addition to it did in 2022 this yr to this point. There are a number of causes for that…

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, though the ministry hasn’t but printed its official statistics associated to the state of Croatian nautical tourism, the symptoms of the reservation system of constitution corporations would lead us to consider that the present season is weaker than final yr by about 10 p.c. They’ll see the explanations for that within the enhance within the variety of boats for hire, but additionally within the competitors, which returned to the desk this yr, as reported by HRT.

A household from Portugal is at present spending time right here in Croatia for the primary time. From Biograd na Moru close to Zadar, they sailed alongside the central Croatian Adriatic.

“We’re from Porto in Portugal. We’ve already accomplished a tour of the Kornati islands, and at this time and within the following days we’re going north, to Telašćica. We’ve by no means been to Croatia, it’s totally different and I get pleasure from it. The ocean is superb,” mentioned one sailor from Portugal.

We’re now firmly within the peak of the summer time vacationer season, and alongside the Croatian Adriatic coast, barely much less persons are having fun with it than final yr. Sailboats that have been rented at the moment final yr have remained docked.

Regarding gaps for Croatian nautical tourism in key months

“The April and Could’s numbers in Croatian nautical tourism have been on par with the numbers from final yr, whereas in June month we witnessed a ten% drop, in July there was a 13% drop, and what we don’t like in any respect is that for August and September, now we have one other 25% of our capacities accessible. And that’s all with a 25% cheaper price than we had final yr,” mentioned Katarina Vujević Babara, the proprietor of a home constitution firm.

One of many causes for this visibly decrease quantity of bookings actually lies within the elevated fleet – 16% extra vessels have been registered within the Republic of Croatia in 2023 than final yr.

“Along with that, this yr, some 400 new vessels entered Croatia, some sailboats, some motorboats, some catamarans, and that kind of pool of visitors that involves us is primarily from the European market, they’re virtually at all times the identical visitors,” defined Selma Čmelik.

The pandemic is over, inflationary pressures are very actual, and for a lot of the novelty has worn off

For a lot of visitors who tried out Croatian nautical tourism, crusing was the most secure strategy to vacation throughout the international coronavirus pandemic, however that second has now lengthy since handed, and different issues have arisen.

“The warfare in Ukraine, the rise in vitality costs, inflation… and this yr it’s very noticeable that guests are very frugal,” mentioned Marin Katičin, the president of the skilled group of service suppliers on ships on the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK).