Tourist Registration and Deregistration

You are required to register all tourists in the eVisitor system within 24 hours of their arrival

Any legal person or a natural person acting as a small business owner providing overnight accommodation services in an accommodation facility or aboard a nautical tourism vessel, as well as any person providing accommodation and catering services within a household or on a family farm, is obligated to register all persons to whom they provide overnight accommodation services in the eVisitor system within 24 hours of their arrival, and to deregister them within 24 hours of their departure.
 
The owner of a holiday home, suite or apartment is obligated to register all persons staying in that accommodation in the eVisitor system within 24 hours of their arrival and deregister them as visitors on the last day of their visit.
 

Persons Obligated to Register and Deregister Tourists

The following categories of persons are obligated to register and deregister tourists with the local Tourism Board:
  • legal and natural persons providing overnight accommodation services in an accommodation facility
  • legal and natural persons providing overnight accommodation services on a nautical tourism vessel (charter vessels and multi-day cruise ships)
  • natural persons providing catering services in households and on family farms
  • owners of holiday homes or apartments
  • residents of a tourism-oriented municipality or town
  • vessel owners or users (boaters) paying tourist tax per night

Registration and Deregistration Procedure - eVisitor

The process of registration and deregistration of tourists with the Tourism Board is performed through the eVisitor system, the central electronic system for registration and deregistration of tourists in the Republic of Croatia. The system is available online as a web application and it does not need to be installed on a computer.

Registration and deregistration of tourists in the eVisitor system is performed by securely accessing the eVisitor system through a protocol containing the entire process and conditions for safe and correct electronic registration and deregistration of tourists or automatic data exchange.
 
The data is entered in the tourist list on the basis of identity card information, or information contained in a travel document or other type of identity document.

Detailed information related to the registration and deregistration of tourists in the eVisitor system can be found on the website of the Croatian National Tourism Board.
 
The Tourism Board is obligated to inform the persons obligated to register and deregister tourists residing in the area of its jurisdiction regarding the methods of registration and deregistration, to provide all such persons with training and professional assistance, as well as user instructions, related to the use of the eVisitor system
 

Nautical Tourism Vessels

Any legal or natural person providing overnight accommodation services on a nautical tourism vessel (vessels: yachts, boats or economic activity vessels providing nautical tourism services - charter and multi-day cruise ships) should enter data in the Tourist List by exchanging data with the electronic charter vessel crew and passenger registration system, or with another appropriate electronic system maintained by the ministry competent for maritime affairs.
 

Charter and Cruise Vessels

Any legal or natural person providing accommodation services aboard a nautical tourism vessel (charter, cruise ship) will continue to enter data in the Tourist List by exchanging data with the electronic charter vessel crew and passenger registration system, or with another appropriate electronic system managed by the ministry competent for maritime affairs.