Travel

ZAGREB, 15 March 2021 - In terms of sustainable tourism standards and green transformation for the travel industry recovery in 2020, Croatia comes 13th on the global ranking covering 99 countries, according to a report released by the Euromonitor International provider of strategic market research. Euromonitor International has developed the new Sustainable Travel Index to assesses 99 country destinations "through the lens of environmental, social and economic sustainability, country risk as well as sustainable tourism demand, transport and lodging." "66.4% of consumers globally want to have a positive impact on the environment through their daily actions in 2021,"according to a new report ‘Top Countries…

March 15, 2021 - The latest flight news as Aegean Airlines postpones Croatia flights and TAROM launches a second charter to Dubrovnik.  Croatian Aviation reports that Greek airline Aegean Airlines has postponed the start of flights to Croatia. Due to the impact of the global pandemic and current travel restrictions, Aegean Airlines has canceled all flights to Zagreb and Dubrovnik previously announced from the end of March. Direct flights between Zagreb and Athens are now available from May 29 (instead of March 31), while flights to Dubrovnik have been delayed until June 1. There are no direct flights to Split…

ZAGREB, 14 March 2021 - The tourist board of Bol, a town on the island of Brač, has won an award at the ITB Berlin International Tourism Fair for the "Windsurfing" video, the board said on Sunday, adding that its "Our Stories from Bol" campaign won third place. The video was awarded in the "Cities" category as part of the Golden City Gate 2021 Tourism Film Print Multimedia Competition, in which 23 countries participated. The evaluation criteria included clarity of the message that is being communicated, creativity, innovation, message authenticity and if the video encourages viewers to visit the destination. In "Windsurfing", the oldest…

March 13, 2021 – Good news comes from the world's leading tourism fair ITB Berlin, as Croatia wins medical tourism award! Together with 18 Croatian co-exhibitors, the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNBT) presented the Croatian tourist offer at the virtual edition of the world's leading tourist fair ITB in Berlin. For the first time after 50 years, the fair was held via the online platform ITB Berlin NOW. As part of the fair, Croatia also won the special ITB Medical Tourism Destination Award, awarded for the first time by ITB with the HTI Conference's (Health Tourism Industry) support. The organizers…

March 13, 2021 – On the other side of the world, Croatia's capital is well-known as the "city of museums," which is precisely how the author Si Ma Yan presented Zagreb in Chinese Lonely Planet's article. The Chinese edition of Lonely Planet, one of the most influential world tourist guides, published a guide about Zagreb in its March edition. As reported by Franka Gulin, Croatian National Tourist Board director in China, the guide nicely and vividly brings all the information about Zagreb and is primarily intended for culture, art, and local food lovers. "Although the realization of tourist trips from…

March 13, 2021 - Mali Losinj Tourist Board webinars have been used as a communicative tool for all tourism stakeholders on the island in preparation for the new season.  Quality communication is key when it comes to tourist season preparations, and the Mali Losinj Tourist Board is one positive example you'll find in Croatia. You may recall them in the spotlight last year for their FERRY FREE campaign and "insurance policy" for guests in case of self-isolation. Thus, this year as well, the Mali Losinj Tourist Board has additionally strengthened communication in the field, as well as with education through…

ZAGREB, 12 March, 2021 - The tourism season requires good preparation by the sector and destinations, including setting up VOVID testing stations, inoculating workers in tourism and ensuring safety protocols at border crossings, Minister of Tourism Nikolina Brnjac said on Friday, meeting with directors of regional tourist boards. During the video conference, which was also attended by the head of the Croatian Institute for Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, he spoke of the current situation with the pandemic and touched on so-called green passports which should represent a health document facilitating crossing borders. He explained that the certificate would contain information on inoculation against, recovering from and being tested for…

ZAGREB, 12 March, 2021 - Croatia and Israel have started talks on travel and protocols for tourists from the two countries, Tourism and Sports Minister Nikolina Brnjac said on Friday, hopeful an agreement would soon be reached. Brnjac and Israeli Ambassador Ilan Mor met on Thursday to discuss the travel protocols with the aim of reaching an agreement that would facilitate travel for tourists from both countries during the pandemic. The minister expressed satisfaction with the meeting at which she informed the ambassador of other activities of her ministry, including a project with the website "Safe stay in Croatia", which provides visitors to Croatia…

March the 12th, 2021 - Slovenian and Croatian 2021 travellers face the same questions and the same threats. With the coronavirus pandemic raging on and the vaccination rollout going slowly, what might we expect from foreign leisure travel this summer? As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sergej Novosel Vuckovic writes, spring is just around the corner, summer is coming, the tourist season is rapidly approaching, and most of us are far from preparing to go on holiday somewhere abroad. The coronavirus pandemic continues to reign strong, plans are almost impossible to make, talk of covid passports, EU restrictions changing in the blink of an…

March 12, 2021 - The latest flight news for Croatia as Air Transat cancels flights from Toronto to Zagreb, and Air Serbia stops selling Rijeka, Pula, and Zadar.  Croatian Aviation reports that the Canadian leisure airline, Air Transat, has canceled all already announced flights on the Toronto - Zagreb - Toronto route for this year. The well-known Canadian airline confirmed in January that it planned to re-establish the line between Toronto and Zagreb in the upcoming summer season, leaving the possibility of reducing or completely canceling the line if the demand is not satisfactory. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened.…