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Tourism Development Index for 2025


Research area : Development of research methods

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Implementation period : 2025.

Client : Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Croatia


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The latest values of the Tourism Development Index (TDI) for 2025 are now available for all 556 local self-government units (LSGUs) in the Republic of Croatia.

The TDI is the result of many years of cooperation between the Institute for Tourism and the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Croatia. Its primary purpose is to provide a reliable analytical basis for more effective tourism policy-making at the national, regional and local levels.

Furthermore, the development of the TDI was driven by the need to accurately and precisely define the level of tourism development of local self-government units, which represent the basic territorial units in Croatia. The aim is to establish an effective and transparent system that will help reduce existing disparities in tourism development across Croatia and ensure better valorisation of its resources.

The index is calculated annually and is based on five key indicators that are precise, transparent, objective and readily available for all Croatian towns and municipalities on an annual basis. This enables local authorities to easily monitor changes in their level of tourism development according to each indicator and plan their future development accordingly.

 

The five indicators are:

  • (1) Number of beds

  • (2) Number of beds in hotels and similar accommodation establishments

  • (3) Number of tourist arrivals

  • (4) Number of tourist overnight stays

  • (5) Number of persons employed in accommodation and food service activities. All indicators are calculated in both absolute and relative terms.

 

The index ranges from zero to a maximum of 40 points. Based on their level of tourism development, all local self-government units are classified into five categories, ranging from the least developed, with an index value of zero, to the most developed, with a TDI value exceeding 30.

 

The Tourism Development Index for 2025 is available on the Institute for Tourism website.

Using the established methodology, the Institute for Tourism calculated the Tourism Development Index for local self-government units based on data from the eVisitor system, population data provided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, and data on insured persons provided by the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.

In addition to the interactive map, an Excel file containing the Tourism Development Index values for all local self-government units for the period 2017–2025 is also available.

 

Interactive Map – Tourism Development Index for 2025

 

Further methodological explanations regarding the calculation of the TDI are available at the following link:
Tourism Development Index Methodology