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Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli and the director of the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) Kristjan Staničić, ahead of this week's ITB Berlin, pointed out that they expect a similar number of German tourists as last year, or about 3 million, and that despite somewhat slowed early bookings, they believe in a good overall annual result in Croatian tourism, reports Poslovni.hr on March 4, 2019.  The largest international travel trade show ITB Berlin, which will be held from March 6 to 10, will gather more than 10,000 exhibitors from around 190 countries, including Croatia, whose tourist offer will be presented to a…

Mediterranean Fair of Healthy Food, Medicinal Herbs and Green Enterpreunership will be held again this year in the period between 14th and 17th of March in Hotel Tirena in Dubrovnik. One of the facts which give Croatia a lot of advantage is its location: being located right on the border of continental and Mediterranean climates enables the production of top quality medicinal plants and organic food. That's why, in 2004, a fair which was supposed to attract producers from all over Croatia and neighboring countries was started in Dubrovnik, and it has grown substantially in previous years, to now become…

American Vandal is a Netflix original mockumentary web television series. Right after it was premiered in September 2017, it got a lot of attention with its original writing style, and the poignant parody of the true-crime genre and its most popular products, such as the documentary Making a Murderer, or the podcast Serial (which was the first podcast to bring the true-crime genre into the centre of attention of a larger crowd, as it became an instant hit and is still considered to be a golden standard in podcasting). In addition to becoming a hit with the viewers on the…

It is essential that we have the Investment Promotion Act that allows us profitable investments, said Valamar Riviera which is in the middle of an investment cycle worth about one billion kuna. The largest Croatian tourism company has presented three projects that will expand its luxury tourism offer, reports Jutarnji List on March 2, 2019. The first of them will be inaugurated this summer in Poreč and will bring us the Istrian five-star campsite. Valamar Riviera has invested 350 million kuna in the Istra Premium Camping Resort, which it says will be “the best camping resort in the Mediterranean", with…

In foreign markets last month, the results of tourist bookings in Croatia for all of 2019 were weaker than expected due to slowed down or reduced demand, but also from the increasing number of competitors in the Mediterranean. Thus, the Croatian tourism sector will have to put in more efforts to get the results this year, reports Poslovni.hr on March 2, 2019.  President of the Association of travel agencies at the Croatian Chamber of Economy, and the president of the management board of tourist company Uniline, Boris Žgomba, added that the information on reduced bookings this time of the year…

FlixBus has decided to support Croatian manufacturers by using its extensive network of routes to represent them.  After cooperating with Combis and promoting Croatian tourist destinations, FlixBus, the largest bus operator in Europe with over 120 million passengers and a network of bus routes from 2000 destinations through 28 European countries, have taken things a step further. The favorite bus company is now promoting Croatian destinations AND their products, reports HRTurizam on March 1, 2019.  Thus, FlixBus buses with the motifs of Croatian cities can be seen on the roads thanks to cooperation with Combis, while this weekend, passengers will…

March 1, 2019 - As Croatia looks to develop its medical tourism industry, TCN continues its look at the key health tourism providers. This week, St Catherine Specialty Hospital. Several months ago, I was invited to a press conference at St Catherine Specialty Hospital. TCN gets invited to a lot of press conferences, but we rarely attend due to time and limited resources. But there was something a little different about this invitation, and as I was planning to be in Zagreb that day, I decided to attend.  (Prof dr.sc. Dragan Primorac at the OneOme press conference in Zagreb) I…

On Thursday, a discussion was held at the Museum of Taste in Osijek on tourism and local food products, with an emphasis on the Istrian experiences. Slavonians welcomed their Istrian partners involved in the agriculture and tourism sectors through the organisation of events, protection and promotion of original products and dishes, and the creation of tourism products related to enogastronomy. The discussion was attended by Ezio Pinzan, Ph.D., head of Agriculture Department of the Istrian County, Sanja Kantaruti, director of Central Istrian Tourist Board, and Mario Bratulić, Ph.D., Mayor of the Municipality of Sv. Petar u Šumi and founder of…

Total Croatia News has already written about the tourist boom of the inland part of the Dalmatia, the so-called "Dalmatian Zagora", and there's even a dedicated section (Destination Inland Dalmatia), devoted to the promotion of the increasingly tourist part of Croatia, which was less than attractive for tourists in the past.  Things are, luckily, changing rapidly, and last year Inland Dalmatia was given the title of the most successful destination for the rural tourism by the Croatian Tourist Board, and many media and tourists seem to begin to fully recognize the potential of the "Croatian Tuscany".  So, website tportal has…

February 28, 2019 - TCN continues looking at the plans and expectations for Croatian airports in 2019, with updates from Brač airport.