Travel

March 20, 2020 - The Association of Croatian Travel Agencies has promised vouchers for travelers during the coronavirus crisis. Domestic travelers and tourists who have paid for travel through travel agencies that cannot be realized because of the coronavirus pandemic can expect agency vouchers to pay for trips when it passes, UHPA President Tomislav Fain said Thursday for Jutarnji List. "The money paid for travel is not lost. We plan to start issuing vouchers to travelers for paid arrangements that they will be able to use in the amount of money paid for another trip when all this passes," Fain…

Croatia Travel Update - March 21 - Latest info. March 18, 2020 - As the EU closes its external borders, a Croatia travel update on flights, ferries, trains, buses, borders and self-isolation.  Things are changing very quickly as the coronavirus crisis escalates in Europe. A Croatia travel update on what is - and is not - open or running.  Croatia Travel Update: Are the borders of Croatia open?  This is the latest official information from HAK on the situation at the borders of Croatia. For the latest information (in English), check out the HAK website.  At the border crossings with…

March 18, 2020 - Everyone has their own coronavirus story, but what is it like self-isolating on Hvar, Croatia's premier island?  Where are you spending the next two months? As the realities of the coronavirus crisis started to hit home more and more in Croatia, the mood changed very quickly from corona memes and very relaxed attitudes to taking things very seriously. While the number of cases in Croatia remains very low, with no reported deaths at time of writing, the closing of cafes and restaurants in Istria was one dramatic move which helped to focus attention, and suddenly streets,…

The coronavirus outbreak is having an astounding effect on the global economy and the Croatian economy, of which the strongest branch is of course tourism, and Jadrolinija issues a fair request to its customers. Jadrolinija is a large Croatian ferry company which works to transport countless locals and tourists to destinations along the coast, between islands and from the mainland to the islands every year, with the height of its traffic naturally being during the warm summer months - the height of the Croatian tourist season. Coronavirus is making life difficult for almost everyone, and as Morski writes on the…

As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 17th of March, 2020, as part of the preventive measures implemented to combat the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, with the aim of raising the level of safety of all participants, Dubrovnik Libertas public transport is making some changes to the way it does business for both drivers and passengers. According to local portal Dubrovnik.hr, the measures have been adopted in agreement with the City of Dubrovnik and the competent public health authorities and apply to all public transport lines, and will enter into force today, Tuesday, March the 17th, 2020. Dubrovnik Libertas bus rides for…

ZAGREB, March 17, 2020 - Only three of nine Croatian airports reported year-on-year increases in the number of passengers in January, while the others saw fewer travellers than in the same month last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS). All nine passengers handled a total of 258,200 passengers in January 2020, an increase of 0.4% over January 2019. The aggregate increase is due to increases recorded by the airports in Zagreb and Split. Zagreb airport served 201,200 passengers, or 78% of the total number of passengers reported by all nine airports. It was an increase of 6.4%…

March 17, 2020 - Hotels all over Croatia have started closing their doors, many of them small establishments. But one hotel in Split has decided to carry on during the coronavirus crisis - Hotel Park.  Slobodna Dalmacija reported that Hotel Katarina in Dugopolje is no longer receiving guests, and when searching for offers on Booking.com, they were not the only ones. Slobodna added that Heritage Hotel Life Palace in Šibenik said that it is also locking its doors this week. The situation is similar in Zagreb, where Art Hotel explained that they usually have a capacity of twenty-five rooms, but…

March 16, 2020 - Taking public transport in Split? New timetables have been released by Promet Split with reduced lines during the coronavirus crisis. Due to the unique situation in Croatia caused by the coronavirus, and to act preventatively, from March 18, 2020 (Wednesday), the timetable for Promet Split bus lines has been altered so that on working days (Monday - Friday) the Saturday timetable will be applied for the following lines: Lines number 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10,11,12,16,17,18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36,  37 and 60; with the…

The current coronavirus epidemic has its grip firmly locked onto not only public health but the global economy, too. As Croatia dices with the possibility of the season being out of the window, with the pre-season certainly looking bleak, the beautiful Istrian city of Rovinj is feeling the consequences already. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 16th of March, 2020, the director of the Rovinj Tourist Board, Odette Sapac, appeared on N1 and claimed that coronavirus would see Rovinj suffer losses in terms of tourism, but that it was now more important to overcome this situation than to sit counting…

March 16, 2020 - Given the development of the COVID-19 virus spreading, following the instruction of the Civil Protection Staff of Split-Dalmatia County and the conclusions of the Civil Protection Headquarters of the City of Trogir on March 12, 2020, the Mayor of Trogir Ante Bilić passed a decision, which we are transmitting in its entirety. 1.) It is recommended that all citizens of the City of Trogir make the least possible use of the services of the Health Center - Trogir Branch to preserve the integrity of the medical system and to unnecessarily expose themselves and other risks of…