Travel

March 8, 2021 – While the European Union is deciding on introducing COVID passports, some travel portals are already making lists of the best destinations for people who got vaccinated. One such list created by the European Best Destinations portal included Cavtat among the 15 best European destinations for vaccinated travelers. The Croatian town of Cavtat has recently been nominated for the best European destination and won third place. However, this time, it has found its position on the list of the 15 best European destinations, but for vaccinated travelers. Namely, the European Best Destinations (EBD) has listed Cavtat among…

ZAGREB, 8 March 2021, 2021 - The new season of the most watched US reality series Below Deck Sailing Yacht, which was filmed in Croatia last summer, began airing on US cable television Bravo TV, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) reported on Monday. The head of the Croatian Tourist Board's office in Los Angeles, Iva Bahunek, was quoited as saying that "the show will last at least 16 weeks, which is the perfect time period for the additional promotion of Croatia, as this upcoming period is when Americans most often book their travels." "An additional benefit is the fact that this…

ZAGREB, 8 March, 2021 - The number of tourist nights registered in Croatia's commercial accommodation establishments in 2020 was 41 million, falling by 55.3% from 2019, and recessing to levels registered about 20 years ago, according to the data provided by the national statistical office (DZS). The DZS recalls that in 2019 Croatia saw a record high number of tourist nights, 91 million, which slumped in 2020 to levels registered about 20 years ago. Despite travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Croatia had more foreign visitors than domestic ones, when 5.5 million foreigners travelled to Croatia and made 35.4 million overnight…

ZAGREB, 8 March 2021, 2021 - Liburnia Riviera Hotels (LRH) said last Friday that they were rapidly preparing for the start of the new season -- Opatija's Hotel Palace Bellevue opened on 5 March, and if the epidemiological situation permits nearly all LRH Group facilities should open in the first half of May at the latest. The press release from LRH underscores that the hotel group has preserved business continuity and jobs and that it is entering this year with optimism, annonuncing new projects and investments, despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. They said that they had managed last…

ZAGREB, 7 March, 2021 - A national centre for rehabilitation of patients suffering from spinal and spinal cord injuries is being built in the northern Croatian spa of Varaždinske Toplice and the project is worth 112 million kuna. The purpose of the project, which was presented in Varaždinske Toplice last Thursday, is to provide spinal injury patients with comprehensive assistance and rehabilitation. The centre is envisaged as part of the Varaždinske Toplice special hospital for medical rehabilitation, which will thus become a place for education and exchange of know-how of local and international experts and scientists. Of those 112 million kuna, 74% (83…

March the 7th, 2021 - When it comes to the controversial issue of Covid passports, first discussed at any serious level by Greece in its active attempts to see tourism return to its shores, there hasn´t been much said by Croatia. In fact, Croatia Covid passport support will only happen in one situation. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, Croatia Covid passport support at the EU level will only exist if such a travel document is not mandatory, Jutarnji list wrote on Sunday, citing an anonymous, well-informed source who said that crossing borders without restrictions should be allowed for those who present a…

March 5, 2021 - Terra Park Phalaris and Terra Park SpiritoS are two new mobile home camps that will open soon near Novalja on the island of Pag. Jutarnji List reports that luxury hotels in nature are one way to describe mobile homes, an increasingly popular tourist trend in Croatia and the world. This is a market that McKinsey & Company estimates will be worth $157 billion by 2023, mostly thanks to the new concept and design. Namely, twenty years ago, mobile homes were most associated with small, not very well-equipped apartments without bathrooms, which were slightly better than campers. However,…

March 5, 2021 – As of March 7, 2021, four Croatian counties – Istria, Krapina-Zagorje, Požega-Slavonia, and Bjelovar-Bilogora – won't be on the German list of risky areas anymore. As reported by Romeo Draghicchio, the Croatian National Tourist Board director in Germany, the German Robert Koch Institute of Health removed four Croatian counties from the list of risk areas. Counties that, according to German estimates, are no longer risky are: Istria County, Krapina-Zagorje County, Požega-Slavonia County, and Bjelovar-Bilogora County. Accordingly, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs also lifted the negative warning for travel to these counties. This means that when…

March 5, 2021 - Aer Lingus flights to Split, Dubrovnik, and Pula have been announced in the Irish carrier's 2021 summer flight schedule!  Croatian Aviation reports that the well-known Irish carrier Aer Lingus plans to return to three Croatian airports in the upcoming summer flight schedule, which will take effect at the end of March. In the 2020 summer season, AerLingus did not operate to Dubrovnik and Pula, while the airline had relatively short and reduced traffic to Split Airport. In the upcoming summer flight schedule, Aer Lingus plans to renew all routes to Croatia, but this will primarily depend…

March the 5th, 2021 - Dubrovnik is very well known (both in a positive and a negative sense) for its cruise ships, and with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic still holding a firm grasp on tourism, just where do things stand? It seems that the Dubrovnik cruiser trends are improving, be that good or bad. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, after the government lifted a previously introduced ban on large cruisers entering Croatian ports a few days ago, which was entered into force last year to fight the coronavirus pandemic, conditions were created for preparing for a tourist season that could…