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January 3, 2022 - Last year was a great one for Croatian tourism: there were 13.8 million arrivals and 84.1 million overnight stays in Croatia, that is 77 percent more arrivals and 55 percent more overnight stays than in the same period in 2020. At the same time, foreign tourists realized 71.9 million overnight stays, while domestic tourists realized 12.3 million overnight stays, reports HrTurizam.hr. These are the first data from the eVisitor system, which contains tourist traffic generated in commercial and non-commercial facilities and nautical charter. Most tourist overnight stays were realized in Istria (23.5 million), Split-Dalmatia (15.5 million), and…

January 3, 2022 - With a rapid rise in Covid cases, are new measures in Split-Dalmatia County on the table?  The Head of the Split-Dalmatia County Civil Protection Headquarters, Damir Gabrić, told Novi dan on N1 television that we cannot talk about improving the situation in that County just yet.  "We have 192 hospitalized in the County, 40 people on ventilators and unfortunately three more who died. Of the 448 samples tested, more than 230 are newly tested. There is always some 50 percent or more infected. We have entered the new year with big numbers," said Gabrić. He appealed…

ZAGREB, 3 Jan 2022 - In the last 24 hours 1,103 coronavirus cases, out of 4,577 tests, and 44 related deaths have been registered in Croatia, the national COVID-19 crisis management team said on Monday. There are 27,512 active cases, including 1,795 hospitalized patients, of whom 239 are on ventilators, while 16,284 persons are self-isolating. In the last 24 hours the share of positive tests was 24%. Croatia has registered 722,054 coronavirus cases to date, including 12,653 deaths and 683,889 recoveries, of which 3,091 in the past 24 hours. To date, 55.68% of the population has been vaccinated, including 66.34% of adults, of…

January 3, 2022 - An agreement has been reached between the Croatian Party of Pensioners and the Ministry of Transport on the idea of offering free long-distance public transport for the elderly in the country, especially important for pensioners from rural areas who have to travel for medical examinations or groceries. The Croatian Party of Pensioners and the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure have agreed on the idea that the elderly should receive free long-distance public transport, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. The Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) has launched an initiative to provide free intercity transport for pensioners and the…

ZAGREB, 3 Jan 2022 - The Croatian National Bank (HNB) has recently published figures about the country's debt, showing that the total debt amounted to HRK 344.7 billion at the end of September 2021. "Measured against the annual GDP, the total debt amounted to 82.4% of GDP at the end of September 2021, and 84.7% of GDP at the end of September 2020, which is a decrease of 2.3 percentage points on an annual level, but also a decrease of 3.7 percentage points over the previous quarter, when this share was 86.1%." According to final data provided by the central bank, "the total consolidated…

ZAGREB, 3 Jan 2022 - The membership of the euro area will provide Croatia with better protection in periods of economic crisis, the National Bank (HNB) Governor, Boris Vujčić, told the national broadcaster's (HRT) evening news program on Sunday. The euro changeover is expected in one year's time, and Governor Vujčić said that a lot of logistical preparations lay ahead. "We hope that we will enter the euro area in a year's time, and 2022 is the year of preparations," said Vujčić. The final decision on the date will be known this summer, however, we are making preparations to be ready for the euro changeover…

January 3, 2022 - Croatia's best boxer Filip Hrgović is hard at work preparing for new challenges, and allegedly everything has been agreed upon for his next fight. So could it be Filip Hrgović against Luis Ortiz? Namely, Hrgović's promoters, the Sauerland brothers, announced that Luis Ortiz's manager accepted the fight against the Croatian boxer, reports Gol.hr.  Hrgovic's opponent in the "final eliminator", i.e., the qualifying fight for the chance to become a world champion, should be 42-year-old Cuban Luis Ortiz. It would be Filip Hrgović's biggest professional boxing fight. Luis Ortiz has been at the top of international boxing for years. Today, at…

January 3, 2022 - A basketball giant as an opponent, Hajduk Coach Valdas Dambrauskas as a special guest, and 1500 spectators at Gripe could not help KK Split on Sunday, currently the worst team in the league. However, hopes were high for a sensation in the 14th round game of the ABA League.  Hajduk Split coach Valdas Dambrauskas was welcomed by KK Split director Edo Blažević who handed him a Jugoplastika Toni Kukoč jersey before tip-off. Understandably apart from the VIP guest, the fans were especially looking for support from the newly signed American Guard Shannon Shorter. The 32-year-old Texan…

January 3, 2022 - HGSS members performed a complex and challenging rescue operation on Sunday night. After almost 13 hours, they pulled out an injured mountaineer, who slipped with his Alaskan Malamute North to a depth of 150 meters on Vaganski Vrh. Fortunately, two friends were with the injured mountaineer, who immediately called for help and were in contact with the rescuers at all times, report 24 Sata.  The head of the HGSS Gospić, Josip Brozičević, states that the mountaineers were experienced and had all the necessary equipment, but a combination of unfortunate circumstances led to this accident. "The mountaineers climbed…

January 3, 2022 - 50,000 tourists in Croatia welcomed 2022, and some hotel facilities saw 5.5x more guests than last year! According to the Croatian National Tourist Board, of the total number of guests currently staying in Croatia, 30 thousand are foreign visitors. Most tourists were recorded in Istria and Kvarner, followed by Split-Dalmatia, Dubrovnik-Neretva, and Zadar counties, Jutarnji List. Twenty-seven thousand guests were registered in hotels, which is a significant increase compared to January 2021, when only five thousand stayed in hotels on the same day. However, the figures show that we are still behind in data from the…