This unusual banner, created for British Airways current advertising campaign for world offers, is flashing on various travels related websites:

Reading this morning travel section of the Guardian, I noticed a small article titled: “Dalmatian hot spots”. This is what the article said:

According to a decision adopted by the European Commission’s Tourism Advisory Committee, along the nine other countries, Croatia has been nominated for the pilot project “European Destinations of Excellence”  - “Best Emerging Rural Destinations”.
The announcement and presentation of awards will take place during the 6th European Tourism Forum, to be held in Portugal in late [...]

As voted for by it’s customers, Expedia.co.uk has revealed that Croatia is amongst the top ten holiday hotspots for summer 2007.

I was trying quite hard to find any hint of Croatia as a recommended destination for next summer in “The summer 100” article of today’s Sunday Times Travel Magazine.