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ZAGREB, January 13, 2020 - Unprofitable bus lines operated by private companies inside counties and between counties have not yet been abolished, and problems faced by these companies remain, the head of the association of private companies providing bus services, Hrvoje Meštrović, said on Monday. Meštrović told Hina that all options were on the table, including scrapping loss-making lines. Members of that association cover 80% of bus commuting service across counties. Meštrović says that county authorities are trying to solve the problem because they do not want bus lines to be eliminated. However, Ana Falek of the Croatian Employers Association…

His hobby attracted great interest, so he created a community to promote the Croatian capital. Ivan Brnčić was born in Zagreb, grew up there, obtained his education and found love. Out of gratitude and love for the city, he assumed leadership of the Facebook group 'Zakaj volim Zagreb' (Why I Love Zagreb) and created a positive community which loyally promotes our metropolis. Posts and Photos Reveal Zagreb Daily Delights In addition to photos of Zagreb's main attractions, the group contains posts which reveal the daily delights of life in the capital, according to Nova Studio/Dnevnik on December 19, 2019. In addition to…

The Croatia takeover of the six-month rotating presidency of the European Union has not impacted the real estate rental market in Zagreb the way many had expected, at least in terms of renting out high-priced attractive apartments in the center of the city and nearby areas. Very High Zagreb Expectations Have Fizzled As reported by ZagrebInfo on December 2, 2019; several Zagreb landlords had evicted their long-term tenants to cash in on higher Western EU monthly rental prices, leaving their stunned evicted tenants to scramble for alternative housing. Unfortunately, that much-hyped cash cow has failed to produce any real milk.…

ZAGREB, January 12, 2020 - Croatia considers sustainable and responsible tourism important and during the Croatian presidency of the Council of the European Union, the Tourism Ministry plans to draw up a document in which the member-states and the European Commission will be called upon to cooperate in promoting the development of such tourism, the ministry has told Hina. Promoting sustainable tourism and the sustainability of coastal and island communities is one of the elements included in the programme of the Croatian six-month rotating EU presidency, and Croatia will put an emphasis on promoting the diversity of the tourist trade,…

Cruise ships in Croatia continue to be a very problematic issue along the coast. With Dubrovnik, Croatia's southernmost city, having suffered the most, just how have cruise ships in Croatia affected the Croatian coast in 2019? As Morski writes on the 12th of January, 2020, from January to November last year, 75 foreign cruise ships sailed into Croatian seaports up and down the coast, which realised a total of 710 voyages. A total of 1.1 million passengers were on board these enormous, environmentally damaging ships, spending a total of 1,413 days in the Republic of Croatia. In Sibenik-Knin County, 1.6…

January 12, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Zagreb, Dubrovnik, and Split. Ex Yu Aviation reports that Air France announced that it is boosting its service between Paris and Zagreb, adding a second daily flight for this summer. Thus, Air France will operate from Paris to Zagreb in the morning and evening every day this summer out of Charles de Gaulle Airport. The new service will begin in May.  Recall, Croatia Airlines already operates one daily service from Zagreb to Paris.  In other flight news, we should see significant growth…

As Novac writes on the 11th of January, 2020, the German autoclub ADAC awarded Novigrad's Aminess Sirena Camp the prestigious ADAC Superplatz 2020 designation/award at a recent gala event held in the popular German city of Stuttgart, placing Aminess Sirena on the list which includes some of the absolute best European campsites. These awards are the highest quality camping awards given annually to the best campsites across Europe. The importance of the ADAC Superplatz award is also borne by the fact that ADAC is the largest German and European automobile club, boasting more than eighteen million members. ''We are extremely…

As Novac writes on the 10th of January, 2020, although there is no access to the sea, the municipality of Kastelir-Labinci in Istria has been seeing a real tourist boom in recent years. Last year, with a capacity of 2,050 beds in 431 types of tourist accommodation, it achieved as many as 90,000 overnight stays, marking an increase of 17 percent when compared to 2018. In addition, it recorded 9,500 tourist arrivals, equal to a jump of 20 percent in arrivals in 2019 compared to one year earlier. Local portal Glas Istre writes that the reason for this boom in…

January 10, 2020 - A number of new hotels will open in Croatia this year. A look at five unique luxury hotels that should open this spring or at the start of the tourist season.  According to the eVisitor system, more than 1,170 hotels with about 172,000 beds are registered in Croatia. Of the total accommodation capacity, which amounts to about one million beds, hotels account for only about 12 percent. However, five hotels will improve that ratio somewhat. A look at the new luxury hotels opening in Croatia this year, courtesy of T.portal.  Hotel Costabella, Rijeka The five-star Costabella…

January 10, 2020 - The Split Ferry Port registered a record annual turnover of 5.6 million passengers and 827,000 vehicles in 2019, the Port Authority of Split announced. "The total traffic of 5,616,000 passengers at the Split Ferry Port in 2019 is up four percent from a year earlier and is a record annual turnover," said Vjekoslav Grgic of the Port Authority of Split.  Splitski Dnevnik reports that a new record was also achieved in the number of vehicles at the Split Ferry Port, totaling 827,000 vehicles in 2019, which is three percent higher than a year earlier. "Throughout 2020,…