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Yes, admittedly, that sounds a bit odd, why would anyone go see a cockroach exhibition in the Natural History Museum anywhere, but the exhibition recently opened in Dubrovnik has proven to be a hit, and numerous people who have seen it before can attest that it's worth your time and the "yuck-factor" it might produce. The exhibition "Cockroaches - the world that endures" was created by Iva Mihoci PhD, Petar Crnčan, Vlatka Mičetić Stanković PhD and Mirna Klaić for the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb, where it premiered in 2017. Now, opening on the Night of the Museums held…

The City of Sinj was a sponsor of the Split Wedding Fair for the first time this year, which showed their initiative to promote the city as a romantic destination for wedding ceremonies, reports HRTurizam on February 9, 2019.  The idea of the Split Wedding Fair is the development of a so-called “wedding destination", that is, a form of tourism that is evolving rapidly. With that in mind, the City of Sinj hopes to push itself as an ideal destination for couples to choose for their big day.  This form of tourism would also promote small crafts and businesses whose…

Treasure hunt walking tours have recently become popular all over the world, and recently there have been some attempts to popularize them in Croatia as well. The most successful story of the treasure hunt walking tour in Croatia comes from a tourist guide from Zadar, Valentina Matešić, who organizes her tours in Zadar, Nin and Split, and who's recently received the award as the top tourist guide for the town of Zadar in 2018! Valentina is a mother who has decided to create the tours in a way that would make them interesting for the adults and the children alike,…

February 8, 2019 - "Split-Dalmatia County, as well as Croatia, has a significant natural and socio-cultural basis for the development of rural tourism. However, this foundation is not used in the right way, and despite the enormous potential, rural tourism in our county and Croatia, compared to that in the seaside, occupies a relatively small share and is still not sufficiently developed," said Nataša Bušić from the Croatian Chamber of Commerce Split at the panel "Rural Tourism 365 Split-Dalmatia County”. The Panel, which was part of the Adriatic Gastro Show held on February 8th, was organized by HGK ŽK Split…

Starting later this year, during the upcoming tourist season, the Klis fortress (best known around the world as the place where Khaleesi kept her dragons in the HBO's mega-hit show Game of Thrones) will be illuminated during the night! The fortress of Klis has been an amazing place to visit not only for the Game of Thrones fans in the past several years but also for all those in love with the medieval archaeology, fortresses, historical armed forces and the tourists who expect to get more out of the vacation experience. Recently, a contract was signed in Klis which guarantees…

After a record 2018, what should Rijeka Airport expect in 2019?

February 8, 2018 - Whisper it quietly, but the sunshine elite island of Hvar is quietly introducing a new aspect to its tourism offer - active tourism. One of the things I have been watching over the years in Dalmatia is how destinations are reinventing themselves and expanding their offers. Perhaps the best example of this is Bol on Brac, which 15 years ago was known as probably the biggest party destination on the Adriatic. The tourism chiefs decided that this was not the kind of tourism they wanted, and they diverted Bol's tourism message towards family and adventure tourism.…

Nature Park Papuk is the first (and only) Croatian UNESCO Global Geopark, selected to the prestigious list in 2015, and various activities are taking place, with the aim of promotion and conservation of the UNESCO Geopark Papuk. UNESCO says on their website that "Global Geoparks are single, unified geographical areas where sites and landscapes of international geological significance are managed with a holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development." Currently, there are 140 UNESCO Global Geoparks in 38 countries. One significant activity in the conservation and education of the Papuk Geopark is the GeoStories of the UNESCO Geopark Papuk…

February 7, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Pula, Rijeka Zadar, and Split. 

February 6, 2019 - Fresh from celebrating 150 years of the oldest organised tourism in Europe, Hvar heritage welcomes back three renovated cultural giants this year. I heard about the island of Hvar for the first time about 24 hours before I bought a house there. I ended up buying a house after pointing to number 6 on a list of 10 interesting places to live in Croatia.  By the time I signed the pre-contract hours after first trying to pronounce its name, all I knew about my new home was that it was very beautiful and had lots of tourists…