Travel
Sunday, 28 June 2020
Flights to Croatia: easyJet Introduces First 6 Lines to Croatia
June 28, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Split Airport. Croatian Aviation reports that at the beginning of July, easyJet will launch 6 lines to Croatia. Although this well-known low-budget airline operates in the summer flight schedule to Dubrovnik, Split, Zadar and Pula, currently only specific routes from and to Split Airport have been confirmed. Given the pandemic, the company has so far not launched international routes to Croatian destinations. Although you can buy tickets for many destinations and various dates on the company's website, Croatian Aviation recommends that you…
Saturday, 27 June 2020
UK Media Report Green Light for Croatia Travel: NO Official Confirmation Yet
June 27, 2020 - As UK media report a Green Light for Croatia, a word of caution in these frustratingly uncertain times - nothing official has been confirmed. And an official communication from the British Government. Frustration levels are rising. People just want to know when they can go on holiday and where. Nowhere is this more true than in the UK, whose nationwide lockdown and restrictive life has gone on for weeks, but is finally due to be eased on July 4. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily. Read the…
Saturday, 27 June 2020
Flights to Croatia: flydubai Returns Seasonal Service to Dubrovnik, LOT to Rijeka
June 27, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Dubrovnik and Rijeka. Croatian Aviation reports that flydubai announced it is resuming its seasonal line between Dubrovnik and Dubai, while LOT, in its great expansion, confirmed the introduction of the Rijeka - Warsaw line. flydubai, a low-budget Emirates company, has confirmed the return of its seasonal line between Dubrovnik and Dubai. The company plans to introduce the line from mid-July. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily. Read the Croatian Travel Update in your language…
Saturday, 27 June 2020
3 Million Euro Luxury Glamping Village Opens at Terme Tuhelj
As Jozo Vrdoljak/Novac writes on the 25th of June, 2020, as part of the already popular Terme Tuhelj complex which is located in continental Croatia, a new luxury glamping resort has been opened. It is an investment worth three million euros and marks another cash injection that the coronavirus pandemic hasn't put a stop to. The modern glamping resort at Terme Tuhelj is an upgrade to the existing Vita camp, the first five-star camp in continental Croatia, which opened its doors last summer - which, in stark contrast to this one, was remembered as a record one for the Croatian…
Friday, 26 June 2020
Cro Cards: The Domestic Tourism Voucher Program Which Won't Die
June 26, 2020 — A long-awaited incentive program was meant to solve a basic problem: Croats don’t vacation in Croatia. (At least not on the books). Yet the plan’s odd limitations and poorly-timed launch during a global pandemic and cratering economy render it dead on arrival. Say hello to the zombie voucher program nobody wants and is about to get anyway: the Cro Card! Croatia’s Tourism Minister stood at an Istrian spa and foresaw the convergence between medical tourism and a new, unique voucher program meant to motivate locals to travel within their own country. “I believe that our Cro…
Friday, 26 June 2020
Flights to Croatia: Lufthansa Boosts Traffic to Croatia, LOT Announces 13 Routes
June 26, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, Pula, and Zadar. Croatian Aviation reports that Germany's Lufthansa has announced its flight schedule for July. In June, the company started operating again towards Dubrovnik, Split and Pula, but with a very limited number of weekly flights, and only from Frankfurt. From July, Lufthansa will increase the number of destinations to which it flies in Croatia, introduce new routes, and intensify weekly operations on existing routes. In addition to flights to Dubrovnik, Split and Pula, the company will again operate…
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Tourism in the Corona Age: 10 Virtual Ways to Discover Koprivnica
June 25, 2020 - Tourism was on hold when we started this series of articles, but most of us still have plenty of time. So let's look at the virtual resources available to explore Croatia virtually. We continue our new Virtual Croatia series with the tools to discover Koprivnica, a continental beauty. A few weeks ago I wrote that being a tourism blogger in the corona era was about as useful as being a cocktail barman in Saudi Arabia. I feel less useless now, a few weeks later, and I am encouraged by the number of Croatian tourism businesses who…
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Gari Cappelli: 246,000 Tourists Currently in Croatia
June 25, 2020 - There are currently 246,000 tourists in Croatia, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli reported on Thursday. "There are currently 246,000 tourists in Croatia, and the number is growing by 20,000 to 30,000 a day," Cappelli said at a government session, as reported by Glas Istre. He added that this is a sign that Croatia is a "safe and recognizable" tourist country. Cappelli presented these data as part of the discussion on the adoption of the Decree amending the Law on Islands, which increases the amount of healthy water for human consumption at a subsidized price from 45 to 85…
Thursday, 25 June 2020
The Glas Poduzetnika Association: Holidays In Croatia Are Safe!
June 25 - Croatian tourism and hospitality professionals, and entrepreneurs decided to react affirmatively and send out a positive message. This years' tourist season is the main subject of headlines, but not for good things. Lapses in the organization of the tennis tournament in Zadar, without adhering to the recommended protective measures endangered the little that we had of this season we hoped for after the first news regarding the participants who tested positive came out. Unfortunately, after the news about tennis players who tested positive for coronavirus ravaged all the world's media and caused a very negative reaction to…
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Travel to Croatia: Real-Time Feedback from Total Croatia Travel INFO Viber Community (Updated)
June 25, 2020 - Finding accurate information about travel to Croatia is a challenge at the moment. One excellent source of info is the Viber community, Total Croatia Travel INFO, where travellers are posting their actual border and travel experiences. For a country whose GDP is 20%-dependent on tourism, and one which 'breathes tourism' according to its tourism minister, the lack of information about travel to Croatia currently is actually quite breathtaking. In order to assist tourists, TCN has engaged in a series of initiatives in recent weeks to help the information flow - a daily travel update, available in…
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Flights to Croatia: Qatar Airways Returning to Zagreb, Eurowings Boosts Traffic to Croatia
June 25, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Zagreb, Split, Pula, Rijeka, and Zadar. Croatian Aviation reports that Qatar Airways, the state-owned Qatari airline, will operate on a direct route between Doha and Zagreb from July 1. Qatar Airways has been operating on the Doha - Zagreb route since May 2012, initially operated with a stop in Budapest, but with the development of demand, the company launched a direct line between the two cities, and since then only increases the number of flights and capacity on the route to the Croatian…
