Travel

Just how many problems employers have finding workforce was demonstrated on Tuesday by the interest of employers in Dalmatia who sought information about Filipino workers and ways to hire them. Organized by the Croatian Chamber of Economy - County Chamber of Split and in cooperation with the Pasat agency, representatives of the Filipino employment agency Magsaysay International Corporaticon INC. were presented, reports HRTurizam on June 11, 2019. "For 2019, more than 65,000 foreign workers were approved, which is twice as many than in the previous year. The odds are bigger than ever, the workforce is missing, and this is a…

June 12, 2019 - As Croatia's leading boutique travel agency stops working with cruise ship tourists, a look at emissions from cruise ships in Croatia and the rest of Europe. They are the poster child of over tourism and there are few more controversial types of tourism in the world.  The cruise ship industry is a lucrative one, and it has been a regular part of the tourism scene for many years now in Croatia. Indeed, Dubrovnik has much to thank cruise ships for in rebuilding tourism after the Homeland War, as they were one of the first major tourism…

On Saturday, June 8th, the outdoor exhibition of the Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding was opened. The exhibits of the museum presented to the public in the natural outside ambience testify the highest quality of the traditional wooden shipbuilding, as well as the methods of maintaining, the multiple uses that were designed for the ships, the sailing and the traditional materials. The newly designed outdoors exhibition of the Betina Shipbuilding Museum complements the permanent exhibition of the museum, by placing the objects into their original context. That allows the Betina-made gajeta, leut, pasara and many other boats located at the local…

June 11, 2019 - It is the most aromatic month of the year to visit Hvar, and what better occasion than the 11th Lavender Festival in Velo Grablje? Hvar is an island blessed with a multitude of treasures like no other. The most UNESCO heritage in the world, the oldest public theatre in Europe, the most island sun in Europe to name but three.  And lavender.  While there is sadly nowhere near as much lavender on Hvar these days due to various factors including fire and emigration, the months of June and early July are a joy to behold.  Nowhere…

June 11, 2019 - The new Split metro officially began operations from Kopilica station to the Split ferry port on Tuesday. While the metro was originally scheduled to depart on its first trip at 10:11 am this morning, it left three minutes late, at 10:14. The trip, however, did only take the take four minutes from Kopilica to the ferry port, as all announcements said previously, reports Dalmatinski portal. The inaugural ride was hosted by representatives of HŽ Infrastructure and HŽ Passenger Transport together with representatives of the City of Split. The first train ride was attended by Split mayor…

June 10, 2019 - The relationship between tourism and the environment is fragile, and the recent media about Carnival Cruises and pollution has led Croatia's leading boutique travel agency, Secret Dalmatia, to take a symbolic stand.  Tourism keeps on growing. Living in Croatia for many years, I can see at first hand how the environment has changed to do additional construction (and so can you via this incredible new 1984-2019 timelapse service from Google Earth), and the sheer weight of numbers of visitors in cities like Dubrovnik in summer are taking their toll.  The poster child of this overtourism and…

ZAGREB, June 11, 2019 - Chinese entrepreneurs are interested in constructing a cargo and logistics centre at Osijek Airport and the government is expecting to receive a letter of intent in that regard as well as negotiations with the relevant ministries, it was said during a visit by a Chinese delegation to the biggest eastern Croatian city on Monday. President of the Chinese Southeast European Business Association (CSEBA), Mario Rendulić, said that the promotion of Osijek Airport has to date stirred great interest among Chinese partners. In addition to plans to build a cargo centre at the airport, Chinese entrepreneurs…

The hotels of the largest Croatian tourism company, Valamar Riviera, are the winners of the most prestigious global tourism awards this year. Namely, four Valamar hotels in three destinations have won the most prestigious tourism award in the world - the World Travel Awards. A ceremony and gala dinner was held in Madeira, Portugal where representatives of Valamar were proud to receive their newest recognition, reports Poslovni.hr on June 10, 2019.  For seven years in a row, the status as one of the best was confirmed by Poreč Hotel Valamar Riviera 4*, which won the best Croatian boutique hotel, while Valamar…

Feature films "The White Crow" by director Ralph Fiennes about the life of the one of the greatest ballet artists of the 20th century, Rudolf Nureyev, "Tolkien" by Dome Karukovski about the early years in the life of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and the autobiographical saga "Dolor y Gloria" by the Spanish superstar director Pedro Almodovar will be shown during the PoPular program in Pula Arena. The 66th Pula Film Festival will see the return of the PoPular program in the week between the 15th and the 21st if July, Zlatko Vidačković, the…

June 9, 2019 - The director of the Bol Municipality Tourist Board, Markito Marinković, presented a new brochure of the destination which was issued after nine years, intending to better promote foreign markets through trade fairs and the network of the Croatian National Tourist Board representation abroad. The presentation was held at the Elaphusa hotel in Bol. "The creation of a new brochure is a continuation of the project to brand Bol through the implementation of a new visual and verbal identity that is extremely well accepted and recognized in the market (SymBol of the Adriatic). The brochure follows new,…