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September 28, 2019 - One-hundred-thirty awards were distributed to mark 130 years of organized tourism in Rab town.  Novi List writes that Rab Town Tourist Board director Ivana Matusan opened the 130th anniversary of organized tourism in the town at Kino Rab. Matusan outlined the vibrant and exciting history of tourism development on the island from 23 April 1889, when Austrian professors Leopold Schröter and Froschauf submitted a written proposal to the Rab mayor to intensively develop its tourism. Nikola Grguric, the mayor of Rab, as well as the president of the Rab Town Tourist Board, said that tourism is…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 28th of September, 2019, although the summer is well and truly over and we're now at the very end of September and opening the door to autumn, the Maestral Hotel within the Aminess Hotels group of Laguna Novigrad is still very much full. Last night, each of the eighty seats at their a la carte restaurant, Oliveto, were filled thanks to this year's finest Aminess Wine & Gourmet Nights dinner, a fine-dining event with renowned Istrian chef David Skoko. This is a project that is now going on for the third year in…

Big 7 Travel, one of the world's leading travel websites, dedicated to tourism and destinations, published their comprehensive list of the 50 best islands in the world, and Croatia's Korčula found itself very near the top of the list, among the world's top 5 islands. Number 5 is the position that Korčula ranked on that list, and first to fourth place were given to Flatey Island near Iceland, Palawan Island in the Philippines, Espiritu Santo Island in the Vanuatu archipelago and Norway's Sommarøy. Each of the islands on the top 50 list got a brief description, and Korčula was introduced…

September 27, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Zadar, Dubrovnik, and Zagreb.  Avio Radar reports that Austrian national carrier Austrian Airlines, a member of the Star Alliance global airline association, is launching a new route to Croatia in the summer of 2020. Namely, Austrian Airlines will connect Vienna and Zadar every day next year. Zadar will be the fourth Austrian Airlines' destination in Croatia, after the long-standing connections to Zagreb, Dubrovnik, and Split.  This route will begin operating seven flights a week from the first day of the 2020…

September 27, 2019 - The Makarska Riviera, Imotski and Vrgorac, which includes Biokovo, are actively working together to promote cycling tourism in the county. HRTurizam writes that one of the projects that will promote this outdoor segment of tourism is the cycling spectacle ‘CRO Race’, which starts from Osijek on October 1st and rides to Biokovo and Makarska on the third day. Specifically, CRO Race is organized by Top Sport Events, which has proven itself through the successful organization of all ‘Tour of Croatia’ editions over the past four years. This year, the race will include six stages, covering more…

September 27, 2019 - Rijeka will be crowned as the European Capital of Culture next year.  Novi List reports that Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli met with Mayor Vojko Obersnel in Rijeka on Thursday and said that the preparations for the European Capital of Culture are examples of good cooperation between the City, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, and the Croatian government, regardless of party affiliation.  Vojko Obersnel said that they also spoke about the good tourist results in Rijeka in the last six to seven years, in which the number of overnight stays has increased by about 20 percent a year, and…

As Novac writes on the 26th of September, 2019, the Croatian capital of Zagreb has now received its third Hilton hotel which is worth a massive twenty million euros, according to Zagreb City Hotels, the company that manages Hilton hotels in Croatia's capital city. Zagreb's brand new Hilton Garden Inn opened its shiny doors for the prestigious Hilton's 100th anniversary, and the four-star hotel is located on Radnička cesta (road), just a twenty-minute drive from Zagreb's Franjo Tuđman Airport. The hotel boasts 153 rooms, a fitness centre The Shop, which is a small shop, and a self-service laundry room. In…

September 26, 2019 - Miroslav Delic, director of Promet Split, talks about the integrated transport between Split Airport and Ferry Port.  The number of passengers on Split's integrated public transport line in the first month indicates the desire of the people to ride this type of transport. It is already known that this project will start next year from May 1st. Miroslav Delic, director of Promet Split, went into further detail for Dalmacija Danas.  “We're still driving this weekend until October 1st. We started in mid-July, so in the middle of summer. At first, it was a new line, unknown…

September 26, 2019 - One of the nicest videos I have ever seen of the Croatian coast - postcards from British tourists in the 1960s And the truth about a Hvar myth.   A true gem! Summer on the Croatian coast over 50 years ago, seen through the eyes - and postcards - of British tourists sending their impressions to friends back home.  Rijeka, Opatija, Sibenik, Split, Hvar, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Budva and Sveti Stefan, as well as plenty or remote bays thrown in - a really special tour of a different era of tourism in Croatia. A real trip down memory…

September 25, 2019 - Last week's ACAP diaspora conference in Cleveland was another step forward for Croatia's medical tourism industry. TCN catches up with Ognjen Bagatin, who moderated the medical tourism panel.  The big news, of course, we have already published - an agreement of cooperation between Bagatin Clinic and Cleveland Clinic, which will result in Europe's first Patient Experience conference to be held in Dubrovnik in March - organised by Bagatin with presentation by Cleveland Clinic. You can read more about that here.  Ognjen Bagatin, the main driving force to establish Croatia's medical tourism industry on the global stage,…