On February 26, 2021, CoR (Croatia's Civil Protection) reached a decision allowing cruise ship calls in Croatian ports without previous capacity restrictions, effective March 1, 2021.
The Adriatic Sea's Port Gruz/Dubrovnik is one of Europe's historically most prominent and popular vacation travel destinations.
The city has population ~43,000 (metro 66,000+). Other large Croatian passenger ports (cruise and ferry) are Split, Zadar, Rijeka, Sibenik.
Dubrovnik's Port Gruz handles ~600 cruise ship calls and ~900,000 passengers annually. These numbers rank is as the Mediterranean's 10th largest cruise port (following Barcelona, Civitavecchia-Rome, Venice, Marseille, Naples, Athens-Piraeus, Genoa, Savona).
Port Cruz is among the cruising industry's most regularly visited and unique destinations in Europe. Today, the city is at risk of being destroyed by an overwhelming number of tourists.