Travel

September 10, 2019 - As the summer season comes to an end, we look ahead to the winter in Croatia. Thus, Croatia Airlines has announced some small changes to its flight schedule this year.  Recall, Croatia will assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from January 1, 2020. With that said, Ex Yu Aviation reports that the national carrier will add a one flight per week between Brussels and Zagreb, totaling to 12 per week. Furthermore, the seasonal service between Zagreb and Dublin will work until January 26, 2020, while its operations between Zagreb and Lisbon will…

September 8, 2019 - Tourists need content in addition to the sun and the sea. Is it time for a proper Croatian football museum? "You know what really work here, and I can't believe it doesn't exist already?" said a friend of mine over a cold one in Zagreb a few weeks ago. "A football museum. Last summer was crazy, and there is such a great story to be told." Ah yes, the World Cup, that incredible run, those amazing fans, THAT homecoming. The latest chapter in the glorious Croatian football story. With SO much interest in Croatia due to…

September 8, 2019 - The largest sailing yacht in the world, more commonly known as 'A', has anchored in the Dubrovnik area near Lokrum island.  Andrey Melnichenko, the 97th richest man in the world according to Forbes and the ninth richest man in Russia, owns the largest sailing yacht in the world, which sailed to Lokrum island on Friday, reports Dubrovacki Dnevnik.hr. Namely, this £260 million yacht is 142 meters long, can accommodate a crew of 54 people, 20 guests, has six rooms, eight floors, an underwater observation pod, three swimming pools and many other amenities such as a disco…

September 8, 2019 - Tourism promotion is a complex thing, but how to achieve a global viral Croatian tourism campaign without breaking the bank? Lessons from the private sector.  One of the nicest feelings as an online writer is producing an article that goes viral. It is not a common occurrence - at least certainly in my case - but when it happens, it is truly uplifting and a joy to watch unfold.  I have only written one truly viral article in the 8 years I have been spamming the Internet, and ironically it was an article which took me…

September 7, 2019 - It was a busy August at Croatia’s airports, which saw records and growth from the three most active in the country - Split, Dubrovnik, and Zagreb.  Namely, Ex Yu Aviation reports that Split Airport recorded 672,261 passengers in August, which is an increase of 7% compared to 2018. Split Airport also welcomed its two-millionth passenger of the year in August.  From January to August, Split handled 2,497,427 passengers, which is up 6.5% on last year, or an additional 153,266 passengers. The airport is also on schedule to reach its projected 3.3 million passengers this year.  Ex Yu…

September 6, 2019 - And getting to your destination in Croatia has never been easier thanks to Solo Transfers.  Croatia has proven to be one of the most popular destinations for a summer holiday, though it’s not hard to see why. While the sweltering sun and sparkling sea are shoo-ins for the summer, Croatia’s capital and continental region offer year-round tourism and an exciting alternative for adventure tourists and cyclists.  Croatia’s popularity doesn’t look like its going anywhere anytime soon, so it’s no surprise that it didn’t take long for some of the world’s top airlines to catch onto the…

Traffic on commercial shipping lines operating on the Adriatic sea last year grew by as much as eighteen percent. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Sasa Paparella writes on the 5th of September, 2019, in recent years, after shipping companies estimated that connecting some of the most popular tourist destinations during the summer months would be profitable even without government support, an important niche of commercial, seasonal lines opened up. In total, 744,364 passengers were transported on commercial lines on the Adriatic sea in 2018, which marks an encouraging 17.9 percent increase when compared to 2017's figures. This year, the result will be even…

September 6,  2019 - Split was still a hit in August, but what will September bring? Slobodna Dalmacija reports that the city of Split recorded the best tourism numbers in August in independent Croatia, when it was visited by 193,305 guests (10,000 more than last year) who achieved 659,000 overnights (37,000 more than 2018), which is a 5% increase in the number of arrivals and overnight stays, the Split Tourist Board revealed on Thursday.  These numbers have pushed Split to one of the top tourist destinations in the country according to the growth of tourist traffic in the busiest month…

The 44th Faros Marathon, a 16km open sea swimming race will take place once again in Stari Grad on Hvar on September 7, 2019.  Of all the sporting events I have seen in Croatia, I can't recall one being more demanding or attracting a higher calibre of participant (from Olympic medal winners to world champions) than the Faros Marathon in Stari Grad.  An annual event since its inauguration in 1976, the Faros Marathon has been a popular fixture on the Stari Grad tourism calendar ever since. Although beset by problems in recent times and under threat of not taking place…

September 5, 2019 - But in a sign of progress, the Croatian Tourism Ministry seems to have mastered the spelling of the word 'until' since 2013. Accountability - or the complete lack of accountability - is something that fascinates me living here in The Beautiful Croatia. I have lived in some interesting places on the planet, but nowhere have I ever come across a country where there is less accountability than in Croatia.  When I was an aid worker in Rwanda after the genocide, I caught my warehouse manager stealing from the warehouse, and we reported the theft to the…