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March 29, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. A little kayaking on day 2 from Porec to the Brijuni islands via Rovinj.   An idea to celebrate the extraordinary potential of adventure tourism the length and breadth of the Croatian coast. As TCN explained in the introductory article, back in 2011, Daniel Lacko and his team's vision was to create a route which mapped out on GPS the world Welcome from Savudrija on the border with Slovenia, to Dubrovnik in the south, to showcase the different types of sporting challenge that…

March 29, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Split and Zagreb airports. 

During the upcoming weekend, the Croatian National Tourist Board representative office in New York will present the offer of Croatian tourism industry at the Dallas Travel and Adventure Show, a general tourism fair held in Dallas, Texas. The fair is expected to be visited by about 15,000 visitors, including representatives of tourist companies and numerous specialised media outlets, reports Večernji List on March 29, 2019. “So far this year, we have seen a growth of about 20 per cent in the number of arrivals and overnight stays from the market of the United States of America. The two-digit growth for…

Each spring, Michelin publishes their printed edition of the Main Cities of Europe Guide, and in their 2019 edition for the first time, two Croatian cities found their place! The Guide website says that there are three cities included in the prestigious guide for the first time, and two of those three are Croatian cities: Zagreb and Dubrovnik (the third one is Reykjavik from Iceland). The site, explaining Croatia's amazing placement in this year's guide says the following:    Croatia is featured in the MICHELIN Guide Main Cities of Europe for the first time this year, gaining one star for…

March 28, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. A little kayaking kicks off this incredible journey of adrenaline tourism along the Croatian coast.   It is 8 years since one of the finest tourism promotion ideas I have come across in my 17 years in Croatia took place.  An idea to celebrate the extraordinary potential of adventure tourism the length and breadth of the Croatian coast. As TCN explained in the introductory article yesterday, Daniel Lacko and his team's vision was to create a route which mapped out on GPS the…

As Novac writes on the 27th of March, 2019, tourists staying in both hotels and private accommodation in Dubrovnik are on average 42 years of age, of a higher level of education and possess decent paying power. They typically spend 170 euros per day on average, which is 90 euros more than the average stands in seven other coastal Croatian counties, according to a survey taken by TOMAS Dubrovnik 2018. This research was conducted by Zrinka Marušić from the Institute for Tourism, for the needs of the City of Dubrovnik, only for Dubrovnik, conducted on a sample of 1,600 respondents.…

March 28, 2019 - Another boost for tourism on Hvar as the oldest public theatre in Europe will reopen in May after almost two decades of restoration. Some 417 years after its first opening, the oldest public theatre in Europe is once more set to entertain theatre goers, as the town of Hvar has announced that the first performance in the newly restored Hvar Public Theatre will take place on May 1.  The theatre, which originally opened in 1612, has been an important part of Hvar cultural life over the centuries, and it is one of three historic buildings set to…

The new video of the Rijeka Tourist Board, Croatian Tourist Board, and the commercial company Rijeka 2020 d.o.o., on the theme of the European Capital of Culture (EPK 2020), was created by renowned Croatian director Dalibor Matanić and production company Filmerija d.o.o. The video was promoted at the Art Cinema earlier this week, reports Fiuman.hr on March 25, 2019.  The Rijeka Tourist Board emphasizes that the video is filmed at many attractive locations in Rijeka and reflects the symbolism of the Port’s diversity, which Rijeka represents as the holder of the European Capital of Culture 2020 title. Director Matanić…

March 27, 2019 - Šibenik, Croatia, will host the first International Scientific Conference Proceed with Care - Living with Tourism from May 2nd to May 5th Co-existence with tourism and sustainable heritage management, and tourism in the areas of valuable cultural and natural heritage with an emphasis on world heritage under the protection of UNESCO will be the main topics of the conference Proceed with Care – Living with Tourism. In Šibenik, Croatia, the International Scientific Conference - Proceed with Care will be held for the first time from May 2nd to May 5th organized by The National Association for…

 March 27, 2019 - It is 8 years since the incredible World's Biggest Welcome adventure tourism promotion project took place in Croatia. Celebrating timeless positive innovation, day by day.   Time is a funny thing.  It was just 8 years ago that I started my writing career for international Google News websites in Canada. At the time, my knowledge of Croatia was extremely limited beyond the shores of Hvar, the bars of Diocletian's palace and the bus and train stations of Split and Zagreb.  Soon after I started writing online, I heard about the coolest project of how one guy wanted…