In 2021, Russians made more than 145 000 trips to Croatia. As for the forecasts of the Croatian side, the tourist flow in 2022, compared with the pre-pandemic year 2019, can grow by 30-35%, reaching 200 thousand.

S7 Airlines announced flights from Russia to Croatia. Direct routes Moscow - Split and Moscow - Zadar will start operating in June.

The rules of entry to the countries of the Balkan Peninsula for Russian tourists, who have been vaccinated against coronavirus with the domestic drug "Sputnik V", have been published. Most of the states located in this region of Europe have established loyal conditions for Russian travelers.

The range of countries where a tourist can go from April to June is significantly limited and there are few alternatives in terms of price / service ratio as in Turkey.

From April 1, Croatia opened entry into the country for Russians who have been vaccinated against coronavirus.

Flights and tourist traffic from Russia amidst pandemic (weekly update)

Nordwind airline announced the start of its own flight program from Russia to Croatia. The first flights between the capitals of the states are scheduled for the second half of March.

Croatia is not yet in the list of priority countries for opening. Probably, Croatia will not see a huge Russian tourist flow this year.

Unlike other European countries, Croatia can open borders for Russian tourists in a month. However, Russian citizens can come to Croatia now.

The Days of Croatian Tourism, held in Moscow this week, has confirmed the enormous amount of interest on the Russian market for what Croatia has to boast of in its rich tourist offer.

Croatia this year feels more confident than in the past. And it can be assumed that Russian tourist flow in Croatia by the end of the season will grow by 15-20%.

Tour operators have opened early sales of tours to Croatia and Montenegro. The early booking action for the destination will last until the end of March 2020.

The demand for Croatia exceeds the last year’s figures and Russian tourist flow to Croatia this year shows a positive trend

Last year, more than 122 000 Russian tourists visited Croatia, which is three percent more than it was recorded in the previous year, but at the same time, there was a drop in overnight stays made by Russians, by two percent. 

The tour operator began its expansion in Croatia, in particular at the resorts of Istria. The blocks of seats on the charters of ANEX Tour, starting from June 1, are filled by 40%. The popular hotels in Porec and Umag with instant confirmation have appeared in the company's assortment.  

Such data was announced in Moscow at the press conference “Croatia, full of life”, which was dedicated to the beginning of the new tourist season. It presented Croatia’s plans for increasing of the number of Russian tourists. In general, the increase in Russian tourist traffic in 2018 was very small, said Rajko Ruzicka, the head of the Croatian tourism office in Russia.

For the next dates of departure tours to Croatia from Moscow are available at prices of 18 thousand Rubles (245 Euros) for two persons. For such money it is realistic to buy a four-day tour to the Istrian peninsula and this is lower than the cost of air tickets to the direction. Weekly tour packages are little more expensive - from 14 thousand Rubles (191 Euros) per person.

The Russian tourist flow to Croatia for the first 6 months of 2018 grew by almost 7%. In the second part of the season-2018 tour operators expect a slight revival, noting some shift of demand to September. According to the tourism office of Republic of Croatia in Russia, 44 thousand Russians visited the country in January-June period (7% more than in the previous year), the number of nights amounted up to 250 thousand (+ 5% against the same period of 2017).

Croatia plans to host 200 thousand Russian tourists in 2018. These expectations are supported by the increasing volume of tour operators in Croatia in the summer season 2018. The activity of early booking for a number of players exceeds the last year's indicators by 30-100% - tourists are trying to buy the hotels which will soon stand on the "stop."

In 2018 Croatia intends to increase the flow of tourists from Russia by another 15%. To reach this goal the country will facilitate work with visas for tour operators and will spread advertising in Russia.

Following the results of 11 months of 2017, the Russian tourist flow to Croatia increased by 12%. In 2018 Croatia plans to increase these figures due to new flights: St. Petersburg will receive a new flight to Pula, and it is not excluded – Moscow will be connected with Split by summer charter.

“The demand for tours to Croatia for autumn season among Russians is higher than in the last year”, - reported the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the data of tour operators. The Croatian Tourism Office in Russia reported that from January to August, more than 108 thousand Russian tourists visited the country, the number of nights reached almost 800 thousand.

“From January till May 2017 there is a positive dynamics of the tourist flow from Russian Federation to Croatia in comparison with the same period of 2016 - we see a significant increase of the number of nights - about 20%”, - said Raiko Ruzicka the Head of the tourist office of the Republic Croatia in Russia.

“Sales of Croatia's tours for the summer season grew by 15-20% against the last year”, - reported the Press-secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina with reference to the data of tour operators. According to Natalia Ivanova the Director of the department of Russian Express tour operator, the increase in demand is connected with the growth of Ruble exchange rate, as well as with the fact that now Russians are more inclined to rest abroad than a year ago and try to plan their trips in advance to choose a certain hotel.

“Croatia intends to increase the number of arriving Russian tourists to 200 thousand people in 2017”, - reports the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) with reference to the Minister of Tourism of the country Gary Cappelli. During the round table in Moscow, the Minister said that Croatia aims to increase the tourists flow from Russia to 200 thousand people per year against 120 thousand people in 2016.