The transport of passengers in the second quarter of 2021 jumped by 124 percent compared to the same period in 2020 in Croatia, the state statistics bureau reported on Tuesday, adding however it was still down by 35.8 percent compared to the same period in 2019.

In the second quarter of 2021, 13.9 million passengers were transported in Croatia.

Broken down by type of transport, road transportation accounted for the transport of 7.9 million passengers, up by 157.1 percent compared to the April-June period in 2020.

Nearly 3.4 million passengers used rail transport, + 99.2 percent on the year.

A total of 2.5 million passengers travelled by sea in Croatia in the April-June period, which was 79.6 percent more than in the corresponding period in 2020.

When it comes to air transport, 173,000 passengers used services of Croatian air companies, which was 176.3 percent more than in  2020 Q2.

In the first six months of 2021, a total of 25.2 million passengers were transported, which was an increase of 11.2 percent as against the 2020 H1 period.