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December 28, 2018 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia, with updates from Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Split, and Zadar.  Flights to Croatia: Going to Zagreb? Canadian airline Air Transat will boost its Zagreb-Toronto (Pearson International Airport) service for the 2019 summer. In addition to this year’s two flights a week, an additional third flight will be introduced - and the route will now operate on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This service will run from May 15 to October 30, 2019. The new Friday reinforcement will work from June 21 to September 13, 2019. The Airbus…

Under the slogan “Inland Dalmatia - unexplored beauty,” the Inland Dalmatia region was presented as the most successful destination of rural tourism in Croatia this year, in the presentation hall of the Sinjska Alka Museum on Thursday evening, reports Slobodna Dalmacija on December 20, 2018.  Inland Dalmatia, as a unique tourist destination, makes up the area that includes the towns of Sinj, Trilj, Imotski, Vrgorac and Vrlika and the municipalities of Dugopolje and Klis. Tourism workers from this area, together with Joško Stella, director of the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board, estimated that the tourist potential of the region was invaluable. Tourism,…

Croatia's summer tourism is not the only season breaking records this year.

December 19, 2018 — The list of Ryanair flights to Zadar is expanding in 2019. The bargain Irish airline announced new connections to Krakow, Poznan and Milan Bergamo.  The flights will run twice a week, and be a part of the regular summer schedule for Zadar in 2019. The area's tourism industry has a love-hate relationship with the bargain airline. Ryanair flights, some claim, have been a mixed blessing for the coastal town.Zadar effectively pays Ryanair to fly there. In exchange, the company brings a horde of summer tourists. The town’s tourism-dependent workers and apartment owners have questioned the benefit of…

As most of us are aware, American Airlines will operate a brand new summer route between Philadelphia and Dubrovnik in 2019. The new seasonal service, which will begin on June 7, 2019, is destined for success, reports Ex Yu Aviation on December 18, 2018.  "We are pleased about the advanced bookings we have already received to Dubrovnik and we are looking forward to serving our customers on this new and exciting route. We will, in due course, consider prolonging the flying season to the coastal city. We always review the performance of our new routes and ensure we have the…

Can Croatia become the new California of almonds? While nearly 80 percent of all almonds in the world are grown in California, Croatia grows close to nothing. With the trends in their favor, some Dalmatians are turning to agriculture instead of tourism to cultivate this fruit, reports T.portal on December 17, 2018.  Former national team basketball player Mate Miliša began growing almonds two years ago. It was then that he planted the first trees, and today they spread over 40 hectares in the area of Ravni Kotari and Bukovica in the Zadar County. He plans to reach 130 hectares of almonds…

December 18, 2018 - After the announcements of EasyJet and Ryanair expanding their operations in Croatia, other airlines have decided to scale back. A look at flights to Croatia in 2019. Namely, AvioRadar has reported that Estonian national airline Nordica will no longer fly the Rijeka-Tallinn route for the 2019 summer. The airline will, however, maintain the Split-Tallinn route, which flies three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. The Sunday flights will operate from April 14 to October 20, 2019, while the Tuesday and Thursday flights will serve passengers during the peak season - from June 25 to…

This year, the Plava Laguna tourism company has realised the most significant capital budget in its history with half a billion kuna. In 2019, it will continue to invest heavily, with about 300 million kuna to be spent in destinations such as Poreč, Umag and Rijeka, announced the company on Monday, reports Poslovni.hr on December 17, 2018. The company emphasised this year's investments in the Park Resort in Poreč worth 245 million kuna. It is a family resort consisting of 309 accommodation units, including 154 hotel rooms and suites, 91 garden suites, 43 apartments and 21 villas. In Umag, the…

December 16, 2018 - Madvent in Zagreb. Taking a closer look at Europe's most popular Christmas market. This week, Borna and Domagoj take a look at the Christmas lights. Advent in Zagreb is in full swing, and so too is the satire of the stories they don't tell the tourists.  Last week, Newsbar legends Borna Sor and Domagoj Zovak teamed up with Gong.hr to bring an Advent Sunday series with a difference. Madvent in Zagreb takes a look at some of the issues surrounding the event which are not often discussed. Here is the first episode last week, which was…

Split is bursting at the seems of tourism due to the lack of infrastructure which does not meet the increasing demands of the sector. This was demonstrated by the “Study on the Capacity of Tourism in Split-Dalmatia County," developed by the Institute of Tourism, reports Slobodna DalmacijaSlobodna Dalmacija on December 16, 2018.  With the existing traffic and public infrastructure, Split should not increase the number of tourists in July and August, experts warn. Given the state of the infrastructure, the study recommends that the entire coastline from Trogir to Makarska should not increase the number of tourists in the peak…