Statistics for National Parks in Croatia
According to figures from Croatia Tourist Board, in 2008, National parks in Croatia were visited by more than 2 million visitors, from which there were 1.7 million foreigners.
The most visited national park was Plitvice Lakes with the total of 891,000 visitors, of which more than 816,000 were foreign visitors.
At the list of most visited, in second place was National park Krka with 664,000 guests, followed by Brijuni, Mljet, Kornati, Risnjak, Paklenica and North Velebit.
Croatia has a total of eight national parks, which, together with other forms of protection, cover the area of one tenth of the total area of the country.
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