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January 12, 2022 - The latest flight news to Croatia as the Lufthansa Munich-Zagreb line is delayed until the beginning of May.  Star Alliance group member Lufthansa has postponed the start of the Munich-Zagreb line until May this year, reports Croatian Aviation. Although the flights were previously planned from the first day of the summer flight schedule (the beginning of April), Lufthansa has now extended the first flights on this route by a month to the beginning of May. Namely, as of May 2, 2022, the Lufthansa Munich-Zagreb line, on which A319 aircraft has been announced, will depart before noon…

January 12, 2022 - The project Fortress ReInvented is carried out by the Šibenik City Museum and has been recognized by the European Commission and used as an example of good practice and use of European funds. The project Fortress ReInvented- An innovative approach and digital content on the historical forts, whose head is the Šibenik City Museum, has been highlighted as an example of good practice to successfully use European funds to implement innovative techniques and content in the presentation of cultural heritage to the general public in the interactive guide The Cultural Funding Guide, which is published by the European Commission at…

January 11, 2022 - Krk Outdoor - a rebranding of the island launched this year to cater to active tourism.  With the joint funds of all local governments and Krk Island tourist boards, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports and coordinated tourist board funds, a new "Krk Island outdoor brand and communication strategy" was created, reports Novi List. Director of the Krk Tourist Board, Majda Šale, said that this is a new step forward in promoting the trump card of the island's tourist offer. The strategy was created in cooperation with the Studio Conex agency from…

January 11, 2022 - The latest flight news as 16 Norwegian flights to Croatia will run this summer to four Croatian airports.  Well-known Scandinavian low-cost airline Norwegian has announced 16 international scheduled flights from Scandinavia to four Croatian airports. This is a significant announcement, especially considering Norwegian's flight schedule to Croatia in the summer of 2021 and 2020, reports Croatian Aviation. Namely, there are significantly more scheduled flights to Croatia than in the last two years. Before the pandemic, Norwegian had considerably more traffic to Croatian airports. Still, the flight schedule, apart from the pandemic and the sharp drop in…

ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 - Vukovar had over 11,500 visitors in 2021 and 27,500 overnight stays were generated, which is an increase of 87% in arrivals and of nearly 104% in overnights stays, the Vukovar Tourist Board said on Monday. Last year saw 70% of the arrivals and 80% of the overnight stays generated in the record year 2019, not including school trips, of which there were nearly none due to the pandemic crisis, say Vukovar tourism workers, adding that the number of visitors to memorial sites rose by about 35%. The Vukovar Water Tower attracted more than 85,000 visitors in a…

January 11, 2022 - The Kings of Accidental Tourism strike again. A small geography lesson to help the Croatian National Tourist Board in its promotional efforts. It used to be funny, but now I just find it rather sad. Or perhaps pathetic is a better description.  Our beloved Croatian National Tourism Board is at it again with its legendary promotional fails, this time with the onboard literature on Croatia Airlines.  The sad part is that the vast majority of people who work at the Croatian National Tourist Board headquarters probably do not even know the name of the river that…

January the 11th, 2022 - Croatian festive tourism results are allowing for the thought that this summer season could be the comeback for what we've missed over the last couple of pandemic-dominated tourist seasons, despite how remarkably well summer 2021 turned out. Zagreb, famous for its Advent in Zagreb offer, is still in the lead when it comes to winter tourism. As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes, although the situation with the coronavirus pandemic in Croatia and the immediate region isn't exactly encouraging at this moment in time, in December and during the winter festive period, the positive trend for Croatian…

January 10, 2022 - The project Take It Slow - "Smart and Slow Tourism Supporting Adriatic Heritage for Tomorrow" is a strategic project implemented within the operational program INTERREG Italy - Croatia 2014 - 2020, which is carried out by the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, and the University of Zadar as one of the partners. The total value of the project is €3,764,695.71, with the University of Zadar having a budget of €260,034.00. The goal of the University of Zadar, as one of the partners in the Take It Slow project, is to create preconditions for the development of innovative eno-gastronomic tourism products…

January 10th, 2022 - Almost twice as many passengers traveled through Rijeka Airport in 2021 than in the previous year, with the upward trend expected to continue due to new summer lines announced for 2022 Rijeka Airport recorded 56,388 passengers in 2021. It’s an increase of almost 29,000 passengers compared to the airport traffic in 2020, reports Croatian Aviation. Unsurprisingly, the largest number of passengers was recorded in summer months. Rijeka Airport saw over 15,000 passengers in July 2021, around 20,000 passengers in August and some 13,000 in September. In contrast, there was very little off-season air traffic on Krk…

January the 10th, 2022 - Croatian campsites have risen sharply in terms of their popularity ever since the coronavirus pandemic struck, with many preferring to be outdoors rather than stuck in hotels and complexes. They have achieved some truly impressive tourism results which were above all expectations. As Novac/Jutarnji list/Barbara Ban writes, Croatian campsites, along with holiday homes, has proven to be the most sought after form of accommodation back during 2021's and previous pandemic-dominated tourist seasons. Croatian campsites performed excellently all summer long, but also after the height of the season passed. If the pre-season had been epidemiologically more…