China is the first non-European country to join Croatia's "Safe Tourist Season" project, and that it was a step forward in the two countries' security cooperation.

The number of Chinese visitors in Croatia in 2017 was 60 percent higher than in 2016, when a record-breaking 100,000 Chinese tourists visited the country.

According to the Chinese Embassy in Croatia, crime against Chinese tourists in this southeastern European country is also on the rise, with 30 cases reported so far this year.