[Opinion] Dubrovnik tourism lacks young workforce

Croatia will need more than 3,000 Pinoy workers for its hotel industry, according to the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW).

Dubrovnik Tourism Encounters Labour Force Problem - Total Croatia

March the 18th, 2025 – Dubrovnik tourism has encountered the (by now) infamous Croatian labour force problem. As the Pearl of the Adriatic struggles to “get the staff”, there’s a decided lack of young employees. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Dubrovnik is preparing for the upcoming tourism season in (what would appear to be) earnest. Year after year, those in the Dubrovnik tourism sphere claim, they are increasingly forced to employ foreign workers…

So far in 2025, the CES - Dubrovnik Regional Office has received 3,000 requests for opinions on issuing work permits to foreigners.