Travel

August 17, 2022 - Organized by Total Croatia News, and with a unique collaboration with Plitvice Lakes National Park, the TCN Photo Contest has a winner, who will be able to visit the largest and oldest national park in Croatia with a companion! On June 20, Total Croatia News announced their first collaboration with the largest and oldest national park, and definitely one of the most beloved, Plitvice Lakes. With spring over and paving the way for summer, Total Croatia News sought to encourage both locals and visitors to Croatia to share their best photographs of the country's natural beauty. While…

ZAGREB, 16 August, 2022 - Croatia's airports registered 3.32 million passengers in the first half of this year, which was a 398% increase compared to the first half of 2021 when the COVID restrictions were in place. The relaxation of COVID protocols resulted in more trips, and in H1 2022, flight operations jumped by 101%, according to the data provided by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS). Croatia's airports handled over 4,700 tonnes of cargo, or 19% more than in the corresponding period of 2021. In June only, 1.28 million passengers passed through Croatia's airports, a 300% rise compared to…

ZAGREB, 16 August, 2022 - Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) Director Kristjan Staničić told the national television (HTV) on Monday evening that the tourist season was great and some indicators showed that the results were already close to those in the record-breaking 2019. Currently, there are about 1.1 million visitors staying in Croatia, Staničić said. He expected even higher revenues than in 2019. Also, the Croatian National Bank (HNB) forecasts that the revenues from the tourist industry could reach € 11.3 billion, or 7% (€800 million) more than in 2019. Staničić expressed satisfaction with also a higher number of fiscalised receipts and revenues from…

August the 16th, 2022 - The Pula tourism structure has changed somewhat, with the scene currently being dominated by much younger tourists than back during previous years. As Morski writes, on the gorgeous Istria peninsula, the number of tourists this weekend exceeded a very impressive 300,000. Although the Istrian peninsula is mainly oriented towards family tourism, the number of younger guests, aged 18 to 30, is now increasing. Pula tourism is based precisely on the "city break" category, that is, it has become a destination for more frequent and shorter stays. ''In Italy, accommodation is way too expensive, here we found…

August 15, 2022 - Continuing our look at how to improve tourism in Split, one of the city's tourism pioneers, Hotel Development Specialist and Expert Tourism Consultant Zoran Pejovic of Paradox Hospitality, offers his thoughts.    TCN's recent editorial Is Split Tourism 'Strategy' Killing the Goose with the Golden Eggs? attracted quite a lot of attention, as we tried to uncover how Split - which has grown exponentially as a destination over the last decade - has been attracting a lower class of drunken tourist in recent times, whose actions have flooded the TCN inbox with requests from expats, locals, and tourism…

August 15, 2022 – The blue, the mighty, the grand, the Danube. One of the most important rivers in the world that was the lifeline of an entire civilisation in Vučedol remains an aspect of life without which life would be unimaginable everywhere along its course. The German, the Austrian, and the Hungarian Danube are well known. It is time to discover the Croatian Danube. From Osijek to Ilok, its course is adorned with picturesque little villages. In part one of the series, welcome to Aljmaš. Located some twenty-six kilometres east of Osijek and the same distance north of Vukovar,…

August the 5th, 2022 - Tuhi Green PlaNET is set to attract children and families from far and wide to this already extremely popular continental Croatian tourist facility located among the green rolling hills and pleasant atmosphere of Krapina-Zagorje County, not too far from the bustling capital city of Zagreb. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, the brand new Tuhi Green PlaNET is an interesting kids zone located within the wider Terme Tuhelj facility worth around 450 thousand euros in total. It is a game room located between the reception and the Lati hotel restaurant, dominated by an interactive Tube art…

August the 15th, 2022 - Dubrovnik and Porec sustainable tourism is resulting in some excellent numbers this summer tourist season, as both cities, but particularly Dubrovnik, desperately needed a more sustainable strategy than the mass tourism they've become (in)famous for. As Morski writes, Dubrovnik's deputy mayor Jelka Tepsic has stated that since the beginning of this year, Croatia's southernmost city is at 80 percent of the overnight stays and 70 percent of the arrivals realised back in the pre-pandemic, record year of 2019. ''Currently, 26,000 guests are staying in the City of Dubrovnik and this is a real indicator of…

ZAGREB, 14 Aug (Hina) - The 26th international street festival Cest is d'Best will be held in Zagreb on 18-21 August. The international, multimedia street festival promotes Zagreb identity, bringing life to the city's squares and streets, restoring their charm and optimism, and erasing the boundary between the established forms of culture and its alternative forms, its organisers say. Festival director Zlatan Jaganjac said that despite the difficult situation in the past few years, particularly due to the coronavirus pandemic and the March 2020 earthquake, the festival had been without interruption. He said that this year's edition would feature a number of events for…

ZAGREB, 13 August, 2022 - A hot air balloon festival will be held by the River Drava in Prelog on September 2-4, and visitors will be able to enjoy balloon flights, an exhibition and lectures about the history and future of hot air balloon flying, the event's organisers said on Saturday. Ljubomir Kolarek, the mayor of the northern town of Prelog, said that more than 300 tethered rides will be organised for visitors. The organisers expect the event to feature 10-15 hot air balloons as well as pilots from the Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia and Brazil. Speaking on behalf of the organisers, Igor Mikloušić…