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Croatia Travel News
Croatia top destination for USA TravellersAccording to the USTOA, the association of the American tour operators, Croatia has been proclaimed the top tourist destination in 2008.
A total of 215,025 tourists from the U.S.A. and Canada visited Croatia in 2007, which was an increase by 17 percent as compared with 2006.
As forecasted by Nena Komarica, the head of the office of [...]
Croatia: Tourists spending figuresAn interesting Croatian tourism statistics of 2007 is published by Tourism Institute who compiled data obtained by a survey conducted during the summer 2007 in just under houndered of Croatian tourist resorts.
In brief, the statistics shows that tourists visiting Croatia last year have spent 55 Euro per day which is increase of 6 euros in comparison with spending in 2004. The 68 percent [...]
Croatian Tourism Revenue on the RiseAs stated at the Croatian Tourist Board session and reported by Croatian media, although detailed tourism outlook for Croatia is not as yet completely clear, the current indicators of interest on the markets traditionally brining tourists to Croatia claims that an increase by two to three percent in the number of guests as well as overnight stays [...]
What is new in Croatia by Rick StevesWhat’s new in the Old World - Europe Spring Preview is a new travel article written by Rick Steves for San Francisco Chronicle in which he shares tips on what’s opened, what’s changed and how to save time and money enjoying it all.
This is what he says about Croatia:
In Split, the harbor-front promenade called the Riva has been [...]
Zagreb: Advertising BillboardsI must admit that on my latest visit to Zagreb, I somehow got obsessed with overwhelming advertising attacks on my consumerism-non-adjusted soul.
As a result, a small collection of Zagreb’s billboards and adverts has emerged in post-traumatic moments of the experience.
Here is the result - click on above image to see the beginning of my latest image [...]
Airport Transfers and Taxi in CroatiaJohnnie Kazija of Johnnie Trade wrote a good article about taxies and airport transfers in Croatia :
Tips for Smart Road Travel in Croatia:
Croatia has not exactly been on the top of the charts when it comes to the world’s best tourist destinations. But for people who want to enjoy natural beauty that is untainted by [...]
Photo monograph of Karlovac County publishedThe first monograph of Karlovac County was presented in Karlovac. The photo monograph was created over the past 18 months, and printed in 1000 copies. An English langage edition is also being prepared.
Numerous people worked on this demanding project, dedicating the monograph to the citizens of the Karlovac region, passing travelers, tourists and natural beauty enthusiasts.
Karlovac [...]
Croatia among the greenest countries in the worldThe Environmental Policy Centre of the Yale University released a report with a global list of 149 countries ranked by environmental performance, according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI).
On the list Croatia is ranked at the 20th place with index of 84.6 out of 100 points.
The best ranked country is Switzerland (95.5 points), followed by [...]
Tunnel Brinje chosen as best tunnel in Europe for 2007Last week at Brussels, Hrvatske autoceste - the Croatian Motorways Company was awarded for the tunnel Brinje of motorway Zagreb – Split (A1), as one of the safest European tunnels in 2007.
To come to this conclusion, EuroTAP - European Tunnel Assessment Programme inspected 51 tunnels important for European road traffic located in 13 countries across Europe including [...]
Novi Vinodolski runs for Golden Flower of Europe 2008Primošten, a town located near Šibenik, was last year proclaimed Europe’s most attractive settlement while Biograd na moru, near Zadar, took silver. Now the nominations have been made for the next award – the 2008 Golden Flower of Europe.
The latest Croatian nominee for the award is the well-known Kvarner area tourist destination of Novi Vinodolski, currently the [...]
Croatia at Vienna Tourist FairAt the tourism fair held in Vienna from 17th to 20st of January, attended by 70 countries and with some 800 stalls, Croatia successfully presented its tourism offer for 2008, the director of the Croatian Tourist Board Ranko Vlatkovic said.
Vlatkovic added that the Croatian stall, covering some 143 square metres, had attracted the attention of [...]
Croatia Tourism Statistics for 2007According to Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) , tourist year 2007 in Croatia closed with record figures.
The first draft of 2007 figures are following:
Croatia had a total of 10.8 million visits (6% increase compared to 2006), resulting in just over 57 million overnight stays.
Istria had a total of 2.75 million visits. (5% increase compared with 2006), resulting in 18 million overnight stays.
Kvarner had a total of 2.45 million visits [...]
Croatia tourist guide on your mobile phoneEver since the Split-based IT company Gideon Multimedia presented its new version of the mobiEXPLORE cell phone based tourist guide in July last year (www.mobiexplore.com), over three hundred thousand tourists have accessed the guide to inform themselves of the tourist offer, local customs and points of interest, to reserve a table at a restaurant, a room in [...]
Croatia Luxury Travel Programs by Adriatic Luxury JourneysAdriatic Luxury Journeys (ALJ) launched its exciting new travel programs to Croatia and the Adriatic coast at the recent Luxury Travel Expo in Las Vegas, on December 4-6, 2007. The Croatia luxury brochure for 2008 consists of uniquely escorted and independent itineraries created in response to the increased demand for upscale travel to Croatia from [...]
Croatia Tourism Figures 2007According to Croatian media, the results of this year’s tourist season in Croatia show that 2007 will be the best tourist year ever, with the number of tourist arrivals increasing 7.5 per cent and bed-nights 5.7 per cent, the Tourism Council and the Croatian National Tourist Board said at a meeting last week.
State secretary for [...]
Small Gallery of Croatian Hotels Luggage LabelsSmall collection of old hotel labels from Croatia are uploaded in Croatia Old Photos gallery - images include :
Grand Hotel Slavija Bellevue Opatija,
Hotel Borik Zadar ,
Hotel Central Opatija ,
Hotel Central Zagreb,
Hotel Esplanade Zagreb ,
Hotel Esplanade Zagreb ,
Hotel Kontinental Rijeka ,
Hotel Kuljevan Lopud ,
Hotel Kvarner Opatija ,
Hotel Marina Moscenicka Draga ,
Hotel Marjan Split ,
Hotel Mlini Dubrovnik ,
Hotel [...]
Film ?Unique Dubrovnik?Unique Dubrovnik - the awarded film about Dubrovnik is finally available.Click and enjoy the beauty!
More about Unique Dubrovnik Film :
http://www.find-croatia.com/blog/film-prize-for-film-unique-dubrovnik/
http://www.find-croatia.com/forum/index.php/topic,457.0.html
Croatia - the recommended family vacation by NY TimesBeside Morocco and Vietnam, The NY Times recommends Croatia as destination for family vacation for 2008:
Under the subtitle “Cave to Casbah: Adventure for All Ages” in the article “Trips to Help Shape the World” NY Times writes:
” The family vacation is increasingly taking an adventurous turn, with more parents looking for exotic alternatives to yet another trip to [...]
Croatian Cruising Statistics January to October 2007According to the Croatian Central Bureau of Statistics (Državni zavod za statistiku – DZS) , Croatia registered during the first ten months of this year 592 cruising trips by foreign cruising ships, which is 8.2% more than in the same period of 2006.
This year, from January till end of October, Croatia was visited by 644.2 [...]
Croatia included in Euroail Global PassSome good news for railway travellers who would like to visit Croatia:
In response to the growing interest in Eastern Europe, in 2008 Eurail’s classic and long standing pass, the Eurail Global Pass, will welcome Croatia and Slovenia.
This brings the total number of countries to 20, making the pass even more flexible and better value for [...]
Special offer flights from Croatia AirlinesChristmas holidays are nearly here and it’s a perfect time to plan a trip.
Visit Croatia with Croatia Airlines holidays and enjoy everything it has to offer during this period of winter magic.
Come to Zagreb, the capital of Croatia and a center of arts and culture with its numerous museums and galleries.
Visit the miraculous Dubrovnik and [...]
Museum of Croatian TourismOpatija has become the home of the Croatian Museum of Tourism.
This newly opened Museum is housed in the Villa Angiolina that contains permanent as well as temporary exhibitions.
The first floor of the Villa Angiolina features a two-part permanent exhibition.
One is dedicated to Opatija as the cradle of Croatian tourism, while the second part offers an overview of [...]
Croatia Tourist Figures for year 2008 will head for new recordsGood news from The Head Office of the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB) :
They estimate that Croatia will close the 2007 tourism season with about 11.2 million guests, 56.2 million overnight stays and tou rism revenues in excess of 6.9 billion euros.
This confirms that the 2007 tourism season has been the most successful to date [...]
Croatian Tourism Statistics January to October 2007According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (Državni zavod za statistiku – DZS) Croatia registered during the first ten month this year 10.78 million tourist arrivals and 55.1 million tourist nights. Both figures, compared to the same period last year, show an increase by 7.4 and 5.5 percent.
This year, from January till end of October, [...]
Things you didn?t know about Croatia“Things you didn’t know about Croatia ” is title of a short article in this morning’s Daily Mirror.
It says few facts about Croatia, including some details that I am not aware of
One of them is that “Croatia joined EU in 2004″.
Another one is that “Croatian national dish is creamy cheese called sir, usually eaten at breakfast”
Check [...]
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