I think you have a wrong impression - Croatia was a tourist destination during Yugoslavia. I think some places today still see less tourists then they did back

I think you have a wrong impression - Croatia was a tourist destination during Yugoslavia. I think some places today still see less tourists then they did back then. Most of the coast has been living off tourism for at least half a century at this point. Also English level is pretty good among younger population, far better than say Spain or Italy. While I complain about it being overcrowded during peak tourist season that's just me reminiscing about the time that I grew up which was during and shortly after the civil war (naturally not a lot of tourism back then and it took years to recover). Any popular tourist place in Europe I've been to has been similar, eg. Dubrovnik is super popular and overcrowded - but so is Venice for example (if not worse).