According to Central Bureau of Statistics of Croatia, in the first eight months of 2007, 390 foreign cruise ships visited the Croatian Adriatic, up 4.6% from the same period last year.

A new nautical marina was opened in the Zadar archipelago on the island of Ugljan which is the largest marina in the archipelago with places for about 225 vessels.

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Art Pavilion is traveling to the Island of Lopud, just a few sea miles away from the UNESCO world heritage city of Dubrovnik.

According to Croatian media, the restoration of a Cadillac from 1953 that belonged to the former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito has been completed after four months of hard work by skilled Krapina’s craftsmen.

An interesting article was published recently by CNN about unusual island hopping in Croatia. Under the title ” Island hopping off your own steam” , the CNN writer Julie Clothier writes about small UK company “SwimTrek” that runs swimming holidays in Sibenik Archipelago. This is an excerpt from the article: