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October 12, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Ryanair will soon conclude regular operations to Croatia for this year. Croatian Aviation reports that Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair will soon complete regular operations at Croatian airports. The company had big plans for this year, but they did not materialize due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Ryanair planned to base three A320 aircraft at Zadar Airport and fly from Zadar to 33 international destinations across Europe. Ryanair's partner airline, Lauda, chose Zadar, ahead of the airport in Palma de Mallorca. Due to the lockdown caused by the global pandemic…

October 11, 2020 - Continuing TCN's look at the video tools available to explore Croatia's tourism destinations, it is time to Discover Karlovac.  Way back on March 14 - several lifetimes ago - I published an article called Tourism in the Corona Age: 10 Virtual Ways to Discover Zagreb. The way I saw things, now was an OUTSTANDING opportunity for tourism promotion. People have time, they yearn for their freedom and former lives, so give them the tools to thoroughly research and enjoy your destinations, and you will have then longing to be there. And when they do come, they…

ZAGREB, October 11, 2020 - Tourists vacationing in Croatia in 2019 spent a daily average of €98 per person and per overnight stay, with the amount being slightly higher in the continental part of the country, €115, and a little lower on the coast, €97, shows a survey conducted by the Institute of Tourism. The survey, which has been conducted for 30 years and is one of the oldest in Europe, covered close to 14,000 respondents, domestic as well as foreign, coming from 24 markets, who stayed at least one night in hotels, hostels, at camping sites or in private accommodation facilities in 143…

October 11, 2020 - The German Auto Club (ADAC) declared Istria and Dalmatia the favourite regions for tourists who traveled by car this summer amid the corona crisis. And not only that, but Croatia is also at the top of the most sought-after countries for holidays together with Germany. As Jutarnji.hr reports, this data was based on the analysis of 345,547 inquiries for routes, which, due to the specifics of this year, is much less than in previous years, and refers to the period between May and September. The analysis showed that the largest number of German travelers this year…

October 11, 2020 - There was not a lot of good news in the 2020 tourism season, but one positive trend is worth further investigation - the steadily increasing number of visitors to Croatia from Ukraine.  With the devastating effects of the pandemic, there has been little comfort to be taken from official tourism statistics this year. But if you look a little closer, there are some interesting seeds of hope.  With such a marked turndown in tourist arrivals, is it possible, for example, to find a country whose nationals visited in greater numbers in 2020 (which has still got…

October 11, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Croatia Airlines announces 15 active international routes for November. Croatian Aviation reports that Croatia Airlines has announced its network of destinations for November this year. In the first month of the winter flight schedule, the company will operate on 12 international routes from Zagreb and 3 from Split. In November this year, when the winter flight schedule is in force, Croatia Airlines continues to connect Croatia with European capitals and transport hubs, while air connections within Croatia will continue to be provided to passengers by domestic scheduled flights. We…

October 10, 2020 - Continuing TCN's look at the video tools available to explore Croatia's tourism destinations, it is time to Discover Brac.  Way back on March 14 - several lifetimes ago - I published an article called Tourism in the Corona Age: 10 Virtual Ways to Discover Zagreb. The way I saw things, now was an OUTSTANDING opportunity for tourism promotion. People have time, they yearn for their freedom and former lives, so give them the tools to thoroughly research and enjoy your destinations, and you will have then longing to be there. And when they do come, they…

October 10, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as British Airways returns to Zagreb at the end of October.  Croatian Aviation reports that British Airways has announced that from the end of October, it will operate again on some of its currently suspended routes, including the London - Zagreb route! On September 6 this year, British Airways temporarily canceled the London Heathrow - Zagreb route, leaving the possibility of re-operation on this route from the beginning of the winter flight schedule. According to the latest information from the headquarters of British Airways, that will happen soon. Namely, British Airways…

October 10, 2020 - The Ministry of Tourism and Sport presented the Vacation-Worthy Week campaign earlier this week. From October 16 to 25, domestic and foreign guests are offered various tourist services and experiences at 50 percent off. HRTurizam reports that the Vacation-Worthy Week online portal contains about 340 valid offers (of which 159 offers are for accommodation) and services at 50 percent off from different parts of Croatia, from the coast to the continent, and an additional 70 applications are being processed. "This is a long-term project that will be organized twice a year, during the Easter holidays and October.…

October the 10th, 2020 - Croatian Tourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac has stated that nautical tourism, which is an important and continually growing branch of the overall Croatian tourism offer, has remained resilient in the face of the crisis we're still currently in. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has thrown a proverbial spanner in the works of just about everything imaginable, and tourism across the globe has taken a very heavy blow indeed. Countries like Croatia, which relies very heavily on tourism, have been scrambling to balance controlling the virus and allowing the economy to remain in some state of function. The…