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November 29, 2020 – In untouched island landscapes, the Rab Archaeological Traces mobile application will present valuable archaeological, sacral, and ethnographic heritage dating from prehistory to the beginning of the 20th century. As Turizam24 reports, the mobile application Rab Archaeological Traces is an upgrade of the same project, which was initiated within the Program Route 27 Neighborhoods (Programski pravac 27 susjedstava), a part of the Rijeka 2020 – European Capital of Culture project. The app will be presented online on Monday, November 30, 2020, at 2 pm on Facebook. Starting from the idea of an open-air museum, the Rab Archaeological…

November 29, 2020 - As the global tourism industry is forced into a rethink due to the pandemic, some interesting comparisons and contrasts between Croatian tourism seasons from 1980 to 2020.  If there has been anything positive about this disastrous year, it is perhaps that the chaos unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic has forced us all to take a closer look at our lives, and to reassess where things could perhaps be done differently in order to adapt to new realities.  Nowhere is that more true than in tourism. Who remembers that buzzword of the 2019 season - overtourism? Is…

November 29, 2020 - The one man and dog team from Outdoors Croatia are out and about again exploring Croatia - this time Seagull's Rocks and the Pula Arena. What is th best way to explore The Great Croatian Outdoors to find out what this wonderful country has to offer? There are lots of websites out there and Google is your friend, but there can be few better places to start than the team from Oudoors Croatia, which started out as one man and his dog, but has recently branched out into a family journey of exploration.  As regular readers…

November 29, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Korean Air cancels Seoul-Zagreb in 2021. Ex Yu Aviation reports that there will be nothing of Korean Air’s Seoul-Zagreb service next year, as the sale of tickets on the seasonal line have been discontinued. The Korean national airline had announced prior that they would resume flights on this line on March 30, 2021, which would run three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. This service was scheduled to be in operation until October 30, 2021, and was to use Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. The service was to…

November 28, 2020 – The island of Vir earned the title of this year's Croatian tourism champion due to the largest number of overnight stays in October, but also a total of more than 2 million overnight stays from 1 January to 31 October. As Lokalni.hr reports, the island of Vir brings this tourist and championship season to an end without uncertainty about the outcome. During October, Vir again achieved the largest number of tourist overnight stays, as many as 137,649. It also significantly exceeded all other domestic tourist destinations from 1 January to 31 October with a total number…

November 28, 2020 - As new COVID-19 restrictions come into effect all over Croatia, Krunoslav Capak puts a figure on fines for not wearing masks in public transport.  The Director of the Croatian Institute of Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, has revealed at the Future Z health congress that the fines for not wearing masks will be between 100 and 200 euros, reports Index.hr. "When we introduced those measures a little over 10 days ago, our curve started to level out, we had one slight rise in the curve and we thought it was the peak. However, last week our number…

ZAGREB, Nov 27, 2020 - Ahead of a convention of the domestic tourist industry next week, the Croatian Tourism Association (HUT) has welcomed the decision by the government and the national coronavirus response team to allow hotels and campsites to continue operating, following the latest restrictions aimed at curbing the coronavirus outbreak. "Fully aware of the seriousness of the health situation, we welcome the decision by the government and the national coronavirus response team for the continuation of work of hotels and campsites. We believe that this is the result of adherence to measures and the highly professional behaviour of…

November 27, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as British Airways returns to Zagreb for the holidays, and Croatia Airlines boosts traffic on the same route. Croatian Aviation reports that British Airways will briefly re-establish the London Heathrow-Zagreb route at Christmas and New Year. Croatia Airlines is also increasing the number of flights on this route. This year, British Airways very often changed its schedule on the London-Zagreb route. Recall, the route was suspended in September until the end of October, then it operated for a very short time, only two weeks, and stopped traffic to Zagreb again.…

November 26, 2020 - Advent in Zagreb 2020 is scheduled to kick off on Saturday. A comprehensive look at a largely online event with a festive Croatian background.  As the craziest year in the history of tourism enters its final weeks, there is one major event in the Croatian calendar to go - Advent.  Advent tourism in Croatia is a relatively new thing. Until relatively recently, apart from a few stalls in some cities, it was not really celebrated as a tourism spectacle. That all changed several years ago, when Zagreb decided to expand its Advent offer from a small…

November 26, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Austrian Airlines returns to Zagreb for the holiday season. Croatian Aviation reports that Austrian Airlines will briefly resume operations on the Vienna-Zagreb route. During the Christmas and New Year holidays, the Austrian company will operate 14 flights between the capitals of Austria and Croatia. Austrian Airlines has been a long-time user of Zagreb Airport and one of the biggest unpleasant surprises in this crisis year was the news that the Vienna-Zagreb route was interrupted. Although the reason for the temporary departure from Zagreb is clear (drop in demand), the question…