Travel

 July 7, 2020 - So who is visiting Croatia this summer? A look at the top 20 countries by number of visitors for the month of June, according to the official statistics.  There is no point in comparing statistics with previous years with the extraordinary year that 2020 has become .But where are the tourists from who made it to Croatia in the month of June? Official statistics released by the tourism chiefs show that there were 722,565 foreign tourists in June 2020, compared to 2,851,865 at the corresponding time last year. Here are the top 10.  1. Slovenia -…

July 7, 2020 - With the two trends happening at the same time, the rising number of tourists in Croatia, and the rising number of new coronavirus-infections in Croatia, it's almost inevitable that the two will collide. What to do if a tourist gets corona while vacationing in Croatia?  We've received numerous questions regarding this relevant matter, and in this article, we will attempt to answer most of those questions. Our answers are mostly the translation and the summary of two documents issued by the Croatian Public Health Institute (one regarding tourists, and one regarding the criteria for finishing the…

July 7, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Split, Dubrovnik, Zadar, and Pula. Croatian Aviation reports that as confirmed by SAS, due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and reduced demand, the company does not plan to launch numerous seasonal routes to Croatia from Scandinavia in this year's summer flight schedule. In the summer flight schedule, Scandinavian Airlines operates from numerous airports in Scandinavia to Pula, Split and Dubrovnik, though the company decided against launching numerous lines to Croatia this time around. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main…

As Novac/Dora Koretic writes on the 6th of July, 2020, although in much smaller volumes than in previous years, tourists have been arriving in Croatia for weeks, unfortunately, just at the moment when the epidemiological picture began to go downhill again. How can we find the balance between the tourism we need to live on and the safety of Croatia's residents? These are just a couple of the topics Novac discussed with the director of the Croatian Tourism Association, Veljko Ostojic. Have we started to promote Croatia aggressively enough as an ideal destination during the pandemic? In recent days, criticism…

July 6, 2020 — Tourists in the Zadar region are exploring the city’s archipelago — at least those who own their own vessels. Meanwhile, the area’s once-bustling excursion business languishes. The coronavirus pandemic seems a perfect fit for the nautical tourism business: social distancing, isolation and rare contact with other humans are often the biggest draw. But Zadar’s experience tells a different story: a mixed bag, where the mass-appeal of freely sailing along the coast has remains the domain of the privileged few, while big group tricks are virtually ignored. Those lucky enough to own their own boats or charter…

July 7, 2020 - Life in Zagreb after the earthquake are returning to normal, and if you are a visitor, the city has never been more enchanting.   After 63 days of lockdown on idyllic Hvar, I have travelled quite a lot around Croatia in recent weeks. As I wrote previously, while many were dreaming of travel and the beaches on the pristine Adriatic during self-isolation, there was only one place that I really missed and could not wait to see again.  Zagreb.  Part of the reason, of course, was that my lockdown was spent on one of the 10 most…

July 6, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Split, Dubrovnik and Pula. Croatian Aviation reports that the British leisure airline, Jet2, is introducing numerous routes from the UK to Dubrovnik, Split and Pula. Following the decision to lift the mandatory 14-day self-isolation upon arrival in the UK from Croatia, the company has confirmed the launch of its seasonal lines by which many British tourists come on holiday to Croatia. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily.  Read the Croatian Travel Update in your…

As many third country nationals without legal residence here struggle to find a way to get into Croatia securely without being sent back home, EU citizens are still finding it relatively easy. As Novac writes on the 3rd of July, 2020, the Government of the Republic of Slovenia adopted a decision on the classification of countries into three categories, following which different levels of epidemiological measures are applied. Croatia was briefly on the green list, but has since been moved to the yellow list, which means that entry into Slovenia without quarantine is allowed to all Slovenian citizens, foreigners with permanent…

Croatian tourism is painting two dramatically different pictures this summer. In the Istrian city of Rovinj, things are beginning to bloom, while it might be worth turning the lights off and locking the door down in Dubrovnik... As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 5th of July, 2020, the centre of Rovinj was the city with the most tourists in all of the Republic of Croatia on Saturday. Rovinj. Just over 13,000 guests decided to spend their holidays in Istria, in the town of St. Euphemia. Right by the sea, in the old town, in Rovinj, coffee is purchased for fifteen…

July 6, 2020 - From the first of July, low-cost airlines finally took off for Zadar Airport. HRTurizam reports that 5,270 tourists visited Zadar on July 2 (14.6 thousand on the same day last year) or 36 percent of last year's figures. This tells us that. tourist traffic is recovering somewhat and that the Adria Tour has not left long-term negative consequences for Zadar. At least according to current data. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily.  Read the Croatian Travel Update in your language - now available in 24 languages Join…