Travel
Saturday, 10 April 2021
Brits are Coming... Later: Jet2 Flights to Dubrovnik, Split, Pula Postponed Until End of June!
April 10, 2021 - Jet2 flights to Dubrovnik, Split, and Pula have been postponed until the end of June, as the British low-cost airline blames the UK government's lack of clarity over travel plans this summer. Croatian Aviation reports that the well-known British tour operator has postponed traffic to tourist destinations in Europe, including previously announced flights to Croatia. Due to constant changes in some countries related to the free movement of passengers (which directly affects passenger demand), Jet2 has decided to cancel all announced flights to well-known European tourist destinations, including flights to Croatian airports - Pula, Split, and…
Saturday, 10 April 2021
Nikolina Brnjac: State Will Cover Part of Testing Costs for Tourists in Croatia
April 10, 2021 - According to the Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac, the State will cover part of the testing costs for tourists in Croatia. With a good epidemiological situation, we can expect a higher percentage than last year, said the Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac for HTV's Dnevnik, answering what percentage we could achieve in the season compared to 2019. On Friday, it was announced that 70,000 tourism workers would be vaccinated in mid-April. Brnjac told Dnevnik that a survey revealed that about 68,000 tourist workers would like to get vaccinated. "Tourist employees are in…
Friday, 9 April 2021
Travel and Leisure Lists Split Among 9 Best European Cities to Retire
April 9, 2021 - The second largest city in Croatia has been highlighted not only for its tourism but also for meeting the expectations of seniors around the world. The esteemed travel portal Travel and Leisure lists Split among the 9 best European cities to retire! The international travel web portal Travel+Leisure recently published a list of the best places in Europe where people can make their retirement plans come true. Although the cost of living is a factor to take into consideration, the list considered others such as the climate, environment, culture, sights, and the health system quality. Photo: Romulić…
Friday, 9 April 2021
More Air France Flights to Dubrovnik this Summer, Second Daily Flight to Zagreb Dropped
April 9, 2021 - The latest flight news for Croatia as Air France flights to Dubrovnik increase this summer, while the Paris-Zagreb route will not see the addition of a second daily flight. Croatian Aviation reports that Air France has revised its summer flight schedule for this year, with changes on the routes to Croatian airports. The French national carrier maintains a year-round line between Paris and Zagreb, and in the summer, it also operates to Split and Dubrovnik. No second daily flight to Zagreb Back in January 2020, the company announced that it would introduce a second daily flight…
Friday, 9 April 2021
Preparations Begin for Digital Green Certificates in Croatia
April 9, 2021 - A working group is being set up to develop a technical solution for cross-border interoperable digital green certificates in Croatia. "Vaccination of employees in the tourism sector begins with the third phase of vaccination. I believe it will be very soon," said the Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac, adding that based on data received so far in the proposed surveys, the number of employees who would enter priority vaccination in the tourism sector is about 68,000, reports HRTurizam. "Given the nature of the work as well as the significant number of contacts that tourism workers…
Friday, 9 April 2021
Croatian Travellers Consider Travel More Important Than Before Pandemic
April the 9th, 2021 - Croatian travellers, perhaps currently better to say ''would be Croatian travellers'' now consider the ability to travel and head off somewhere new more important than they did before the coronavirus pandemic struck and made the entire idea of travelling for leisure almost impossible. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Ana Blaskovic writes, by intensifying the coronavirus vaccination procedure, people around the world are eager to travel once again, and nearly two-thirds of those surveyed by Booking.com found that travel is more important to them now than it was before the pandemic took the world by storm. The digital platform…
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Preparations for Upcoming Uncertain Season in Croatia Continue
April 8, 2021 - Preparations for the upcoming uncertain season in Croatia continue. A look at the latest in Kvarner. During Easter, two virtual presentations of Kvarner were held for Italian agencies and journalists, organized by the Kvarner Tourist Board, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ), HTZ Representation in Milan. If the COVID-19 restrictions allow, Italians will be able to reach Kvarner by catamaran! During the presentation, Kvarner tourist destinations have a long tradition in health tourism - Opatija, Crikvenica, and the island of Lošinj - were presented through short promotional films. The Italian market is one of the most important for…
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Digitalisation of Nautical Fees, Payments in Person Suspended
April 8, 2021 - Nautical tourists will now be able to pay the fees related to their stay online thanks to the digitalisation of nautical fees as Croatia continues dragging itself into the modern era. Tourist fees for nautical tourists in Croatia can now be paid online, reports Goran Rihelj for Hrturizam. The website Nautika E-visitor, available in English, Croatian, German and Italian, offers the ability to accept payments according to the size of the vessel, which can stretch from 7 to over 20 metres in length, as well as by the number of people. These options are aligned with…
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Transavia Flights to Split Resume Mid-April!
April 8, 2021 - The latest flight news to Croatia as Transavia flights to Split resume in mid-April! Croatian Aviation reports that well-known low-cost airline Transavia plans to resume traffic to Split Airport from mid-April. The Dutch low-cost airline, a subsidiary of KLM and Air France, will renew only one route to Croatia in April. Although the company normally operates on as many as 10 international routes to as many as five Croatian airports (Pula, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, and Dubrovnik), the company will resume traffic on only one route in the middle of this month. Namely, the Paris - Split…
Thursday, 8 April 2021
Pandemic Sees Zadar Cruise Ship Season 2021 Called into Question
April the 8th, 2021 - The Zadar cruise ship season for this summer is being called into question owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Many worry that cruise ships won't be docking in that particular Dalmatian city until autumn. As Morski writes, the ongoing coronavirus pandemic completely paralysed the cruise ship industry last year. Due to the impossibility of securing the necessary epidemiological measures, the world's largest cruise companies moored almost all of their gigantic vessels. Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) shows that in the circular tourism sector in 2020, there were only 26 arrivals, which is…
Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Croatia Resumes Issuing Tourist Visas to Russians
ZAGREB, 7 April, 2021 - The Croatian Embassy to the Russian Federation has received initial applications for tourist visas from Russian citizens and currently there is a good interest on the Russian market in vacationing in Croatia, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Wednesday. Russian national airline Aeroflot will fly from Moscow to Pula, Dubrovnik and Split every day from the start of June to the end of September, the HTZ said in a statement. Currently, Aeroflot flies between Moscow and Zagreb once a week and plans to introduce a second weekly flight as of May, while in the summer it will…
