Travel

ZAGREB, 18 March, 2021 - Eminent French-Belgian playwright, writer, director and actor Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt was a guest at the Croatian Music Institute in Zagreb on Wednesday. Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is one the most widely read living Francophone authors in the world, whose works have been translated into 46 languages, including Croatian, and staged in over 50 countries. This is the author's first visit to Croatia and it is the culmination of the Rendez-Vous at Francophonie 2021 project, a part of the programme of the Francophonie Month on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the French Institute in Zagreb. He spoke…

March 18, 2021 - The influential London Evening Standard runs a big feature of summer holidays for Brits, including Romania, Estonia, Georgia and Lebanon. But where is Croatia? The Brits must be desperate to travel.  It has been one hell of a year for us all, but the Brexit aftermath and the extended lockdowns in the UK have been brutal.  The thought of a foreign holiday in the sun must be enticing indeed.  And so when the London Evening Standard came out with an article covering almost all of the top sunshine holiday hot spots, it was widely read indeed. …

March 18, 2021 - Croatian Tourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac welcomes the European Commission's digital green certificate proposal.  HRTurizam reports that the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal to establish a common framework for digital green certificates and an additional proposal to ensure that digital green certificates are issued to third-country nationals residing in the Member States or Schengen countries and visitors entitled to travel to other Member States. Digital green certificates are digital evidence proving that the traveler has been vaccinated against COVID-19, has recovered from it, or has a negative test result. Apart from possible uses in health care,…

March 17, 2021 - Slovenian media has noticed that the Safe Stay in Croatia campaign is not available in the Slovenian language, although Slovenians are the second largest market for Croatia.  According to the Slovenian daily zurnal24.si, the Safe Stay in Croatia page can be translated into nine foreign languages on the campaign's main website, but there is no Slovenian among them. Thus, they have sent an inquiry to the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB) Head Office to explain this to Slovenian readers, reports Jutarnji List.Screenshot A similar inquiry was submitted by Jutarnji List, after which the Croatian National Tourist…

March 17, 2021 - Is it stay safe or safe stay in Croatia? We are delighted to have Croatian tourism expert Zoran Pejovic back with some thoughts on tourism messages being sent out to key markets. “This campaign has an educational character because we want to introduce our guests to protocol, and epidemiological measures implemented at all levels of tourism to provide them a safe and comfortable stay in our country” – reads the statement put forward by the Croatian National Tourist Board. Let us read that again. Once more please. So, we are planning to educate prospective guests on…

March 17, 2021 - The latest flight news for Croatia as easyJet flights to Split and Dubrovnik have been announced from early April! Croatian Aviation reports that easyJet will introduce three routes to Split and Dubrovnik Airports in early April. The British low-cost carrier plans to operate to two destinations in Croatia - Split and Dubrovnik. The airline will introduce three lines from Switzerland to Split and Dubrovnik around Easter, with Split being connected to Basel and Geneva. At the same time, Dubrovnik will have a line only to Geneva. The Basel - Split - Basel line has been announced…

March 17, 2021 - Sveti Martin na Muri has become the first Safe Stay destination in Croatia! HRTurizam writes that Sveti Martin na Muri has become the first destination where all tourist facilities apply health and safety protocols to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus as part of the "Safe stay in Croatia" label.  This means that all participants in tourism at the destination level have met the requirements for this safety label. “The prescribed protocols cover all accommodation facilities in which catering activities are performed or provide tourist services and all catering facilities in the Sveti Martin na Muri…

March the 17th, 2021 - The Central Istria Tourist Board has outdone itself with its fascinating promotional video, winning two prestigious international awards and attracting a lot of attention to this truly beautiful part of the country. As Barbara Ban/Novac writes, the promotional film of the Central Istria Tourist Board has won two awards at prestigious international tourist film festivals. Great recognition came to the film from the 21st Golden City Gate 2021 International Tourism Film Festival - Tourism Multimedia Award, where it won second place in the Regions category. The film festival is part of the prestigious ITB Berlin…

March the 17th, 2021 - The beautiful green heart of Croatia, Lika, and charming Mali Losinj have both been listed among the top 100 global green destinations for the year 2020. As Morski writes, the Green Destinations Story Awards jury commission divided the top 100 green destinations in 2020 into a total of six categories and, according to the submitted material, selected the most innovative and sustainable, and one of the important criteria was the possibility of applying examples of good practice in other destinations across the world. The Lika Destination Cluster won third prize in the category Islands &…

March 16, 2021 - The latest flight news for Croatia: Lufthansa flights to Dubrovnik and Split for the Easter holiday have been announced! Croatian Aviation reports that German National Airline Lufthansa will resume traffic to two Croatian airports - Dubrovnik and Split - around the Easter holidays. Lufthansa will resume traffic to two Croatian airports around Easter The airline will strengthen the existing flights and renew traffic on several lines from Germany to traditional tourist destinations in Spain, Greece, Italy, and Croatia. Despite the restrictive measures in travel, Lufthansa records an increase in bookings around Easter, and consequently, there will…