Travel
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Gari Cappelli Reveals When Borders Will Open for Slovaks, Czechs, Hungarians and Austrians
May 20, 2020 - Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli announced on Wednesday that Croatia would open the border to citizens of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria on May 29, and before that, an application would be published that would allow faster flow through the border. Sibenik.in reports that Cappelli made the statement at the National and University Library following a video conference by EU tourism ministers, the second held in the last month as part of Croatia's EU Council presidency. He said that when there are similar epidemiological situations in certain countries, according to the principle of non-discrimination, the possibility…
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Tourism in the Corona Age: 10 Virtual Ways to Discover Stari Grad
May 20, 2020 - Tourism is on hold, but most of us 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 Stari Grad on Hvar. 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 are contacting us wanting to start thinking of…
Sunday, 21 March 2021
Croatia Travel Update, Questions Answered in Real Time: March 21, 2021
March 21, 2021 - TCN Croatia Travel Update carries the most relevant updates on travel, borders, and flights to Croatia at one place, updated daily several times, while TCN Total Croatia Travel Info Viber community (click on the link to join - you will need to download the Viber app) provides you with live answers to any question, as well real-time experiences of travellers to Croatia. Follow our live updates on the situation in the earthquake-hit areas of Croatia here; find out how you can donate here. Those arriving to Croatia from Zanzibar (Tanzania) were added to the list of those…
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Dubrovnik Announces Marketing Plan to Bring Back Airlines
May 20, 2020 - A meeting on the topic of launching international flights was held in Dubrovnik on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Mayor Mato Franković, Deputy Mayor Jelka Tepšić, Director of the Dubrovnik Tourist Board Ana Hrnić, representatives of the largest hotel companies in the city and the Director of Commercial Affairs of Dubrovnik Airport, Ivan Maslać, reports Croatian Aviation. The meeting agreed on marketing cooperation and a strategy by which the City of Dubrovnik, the Tourist Board of the City, and the Dubrovnik Airport will work together on marketing, all in order to encourage airlines to reintroduce international…
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Listen to the Free Daily Concerts on Hvar: Birdsong Live
May 20, 2020 - There has been one constant source of entertainment during the lockdown on Hvar - wonderful birdsong. Probably the best decision I have made in the last 20 years was to self-isolate back in Jelsa on Hvar rather than our current home in Varazdin. Don't get me wrong, I love living up north, but the beauty and nature and that gorgeous Adriatic Sea as companions for a couple of months of lockdown, compared to being housebound in a bleaker climate made the decision an easy one. I wasn't what to expect with a lockdown on Hvar, and…
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Visit Zagreb Now: Never Has the City Been More Beautiful
May 20, 2020 - A first visit to post-earthquake Zagreb, and a big surprise - never have I enjoyed visiting the Croatian capital more. Zagreb is magnificent right now. It is almost two months since the devastating March 22 earthquakes in Zagreb. Like everyone else, I watched the tragic images with heartache. Corona travel restrictions meant that I could not visit, and I had to keep in touch with my friends and TCN colleagues from distance. With all the yearning for travel, Zagreb was the only place I wanted to visit, to walk its streets, share its pain, empathise with…
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Dubrovnik Finally Realises City Wall Prices Are Extortionate, Price Slashed
If you've ever been to Dubrovnik, and the chances are that if you've visited Croatia at all then you have, you'll have more than likely thought ''How much!?'' (or perhaps even said it out loud) when confronted with the ticket price to walk the city's famous Medieval walls. While for some foreign tourists the price tag to walk along these magnificent, ancient walls isn't much, for many domestic tourists that price simply isn't justifiable - and with good reason. Dubrovnik's walls are among the most impressive preserved Medieval structures in the world, and the UNESCO city protected by them sends…
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
TCN Launches Viber Community 'Total Croatia Travel INFO' for Latest Updates
May 19, 2020 - With so much confusion on the current travel situation AFTER CROATIA OPENED BORDERS TO TOURISTS FROM EU, TCN launches a Viber community called Total Croatia Travel INFO to keep people updated with the latest info.. All you need to follow our latest updates is to download Viber application to your mobile or desktop. Join us! My daughters are laughing at me again. And I will confess I do look a little ridiculous. And old. As the Kings of Accidental Tourism continue their strategy of waiting for tourism to happen, as our heroic minister spouts catching corona-era…
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Czech Republic to Open Borders for Croatians as of 8 June
ZAGREB, May 19, 2020 - The Czech Republic is planning to ease travel between the central European country and other countries, including Croatia, deemed safe from risks of coronavirus from June 8, Health Minister Adam Vojtech said on Monday. The Reuters news agency recalls that "the Czech Republic was among the first countries in Europe to ban entry by foreigners and even banned most Czechs from travelling abroad to keep the spread of the infection under control in March." Some restrictions have been eased but the country is still not open for foreign tourism and Czechs are required to present a negative…
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
After Easing Coronavirus Measures, Around 8700 Tourists Arrive in Croatia
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 19th of May, 2020, during the first week of the easing of the measures to combat the spread of the new coronavirus, from May the 11th to the 17th, eVisitor registered about 8,700 tourist arrivals and 84.5 thousand overnight stays in Croatia, most of which (34 percent of them) were realised in private households. Data from eVisitor shows a certain shift in tourist trends over the past week when compared to the time before the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus epidemic were put in place. For example, for the entire month…
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
Flights to Croatia: Korean Low Cost Carrier T’Way Planning flights from Seoul
May 19, 2020 - Around a half a million Korean tourists visit Croatia annually, and after national carrier Korean Air suspended seasonal operations between Seoul and Zagreb for 2020 due to COVID-19, a new player is on the market. Namely, Ex Yu Aviation reports that the Korean Ministry for Land, Infrastructure and Transport has given Korean low-cost carrier T’Way Air the necessary permit to launch commercial flights between Seoul and Croatia. The details reveal that T’way Air can operate four weekly flights to Croatia. Ex Yu Aviation reports that T’Way Air has almost thirty narrow-body Boeing aircraft in its fleet,…
