Member State detail
Croatia short-term rental regulation and SDEP status
Croatia operates eVisitor and has announced that the EU STR registration-number obligation is expected to start in early 2027, after adoption of a new Hospitality Act.
What this means
Croatia has a mature digital tourism reporting base through eVisitor.
Accommodation providers, household renters, family farms, holiday-home owners, and relevant vessel operators use eVisitor for tourist registration and deregistration.
There is currently no registration-number requirement for platform advertising; the Ministry says the future service will be digital and free.
Implementation status
Official guidance says providers of overnight accommodation must register guests in eVisitor within 24 hours of arrival and deregister them within 24 hours of departure.
The Croatian Government says the new Hospitality Act is intended to implement Regulation (EU) 2024/1028, suppress unregistered short-term accommodation rental, digitalise tourism procedures, and modernise categorisation.
The Croatian National Tourist Board describes eVisitor as containing key data on service providers and accommodation facilities, including type, category, location, and capacity.
eVisitor also supports tourist-fee calculation, control, statistics, and reporting.
The Ministry says owners advertising rooms, apartments, and holiday homes on STR platforms will need to obtain and display a registration number in 2027; the exact date remains pending the new Hospitality Act.
Technical interface
eVisitor is available online as a web application, and gov.hr notes electronic registration through a protocol for safe and correct electronic registration/deregistration or automatic data exchange.
No public Croatia-specific Regulation 2024/1028 SDEP OpenAPI documentation, source code, sandbox, or platform onboarding documentation is currently available.
Croatia is a likely candidate for SDEP integration through existing eVisitor accommodation and guest-reporting data flows.
Implementation timeline
eVisitor has operated as the central guest check-in/check-out system since 2016.
In April 2026, the Croatian Government announced a new Hospitality Act intended to implement Regulation (EU) 2024/1028.
In May 2026, the Ministry said the registration-number obligation is expected in early 2027, with the exact date to be announced after the new Hospitality Act is adopted.
Registration workflow
Accommodation providers register and deregister guests in eVisitor within 24 hours of arrival/departure.
eVisitor contains provider and accommodation-facility data entered from official decisions of competent state administration offices and the Ministry of Tourism and Sport.
Technical interfaces
eVisitor is a web application and supports electronic registration through a protocol for safe and correct registration/deregistration or automatic data exchange.
The public material does not yet identify the SDEP endpoint, authentication model, sandbox, or platform onboarding path.
Open questions
Whether the new Hospitality Act will make eVisitor the SDEP base or create a separate platform-facing interface.
The exact early-2027 start date and any registration-number application, validation, or platform-reporting specifications.
When platform-facing technical documentation for Regulation 2024/1028 reporting will be published.