Travel
Saturday, 24 October 2020
City of Zagreb and Four More Croatian Counties are on Germany's Red List
October 24, 2020 - As of Saturday, the city of Zagreb and four more Croatian counties are on Germany's red list. Namely, Karlovac, Osijek-Baranja, Varazdin, and Bjelovar-Bilogora counties. T.portal reports that other Croatian counties were on the list already. Thus, almost the entire territory of Croatia, with the exception of Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Zadar, and Sibenik-Knin counties, is a risk area. Returnees from these areas are subject to 14 days of self-isolation after arriving in Germany and reporting to local health services. A negative coronavirus test excludes mandatory self-isolation. Based on the recommendation of the Central Epidemiological Institute Robert Koch, the…
Saturday, 24 October 2020
ADAC Survey: Germans Award Bronze to Croatian Tourism
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marta Duic writes on the 23rd of October, 2020, Romeo Draghicchio, director of the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB) in Germany, reported that according to the results of the German car club ADAC survey, which is undertaken on a yearly basis, Germany and Croatia are the winners of 2020's challenged tourist season. The ADAC survey deeply analyses almost 350,000 inquiries from ADAC members who arrived in Croatia during the period from May to September, which referred to routes to holiday destinations, and Croatia ranks third in terms of the results garnered. This is followed by Germany with 33…
Saturday, 24 October 2020
Meet Jasmina Knezovic, Author of 'A Sensible Guide to Split and its Islands'
October 24, 2020 - TCN meets Jasmina Knezovic, author of A Sensible Guide to Split and its Islands. Imagine if, the next time you travel to the Dalmatian coast, you had an extremely passionate and knowledgeable friend giving you a tour. Someone who knows not only which part of Diocletian’s 3rd-century palace you’re passing through when walking to the old city of Split, but also where to buy the best fig cake on the island of Vis and how the word “carat” is related to a certain, odd-looking tree on the island – and many, many other things. This book is…
Friday, 23 October 2020
Flights to Croatia: LOT Operates to Zagreb in November, Dubrovnik Service Canceled
October 23, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as LOT operates to Zagreb in November and cancels its Dubrovnik service. Croatian Aviation reports that Polish national airline LOT has announced its flight schedule for November this year. Compared to last year, the company will operate only to Zagreb, and the line to Dubrovnik has been canceled for this year's winter flight schedule. This summer, LOT Polish Airlines operated on numerous routes from Warsaw and other Polish cities to destinations in Croatia (Zagreb, Rijeka, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik). Despite the corona crisis, more than 13 new lines have been introduced.…
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Flights to Croatia: Windrose Announces an Additional Weekly Flight to Zagreb
October 22, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Windrose announces an additional weekly flight to Zagreb. Croatian Aviation reports that less than a month after the launch of the Kyiv-Zagreb route, Windrose Airlines decided to increase the number of weekly flights on the route to Zagreb. In addition to flights on Wednesdays and Sundays, the company will operate on this route from December on Fridays! Windrose Airlines launched the Kyiv - Zagreb route on October 4 this year, a little less than a month ago. Due to excellent occupancy and high demand, the company will add another…
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Lonjsko Polje Nature Park Sees 50% more Visitors
ZAGREB, Oct 21, 2020 - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park this year had about 50% more visitors than last year, which is a result of increased communication activities, but also of people turning to nature and spending time outdoors, the director of Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, Marija Kusmis, said. "We have adapted quickly and systematically to the new circumstances and people have recognized that, and although we opened the Park two months later than usual this year, in May, we had twice as many individual visitors than last year, 5,300 of them," Kusmis said in a press release on Tuesday. A…
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Wooden Churches of Pokupsko: New Insights into Continental Croatia
October 21, 2020 - From the wooden churches of Pokupsko to the source of the Gacka river, a great new perspective of continental Croatia through the lens of Dutch resident Rene Pronk. The most talked-about foreigner in Croatia at the moment is a Dutchman, Jan de Jong. From his spearheading the introduction of the digital nomad visa to plans to introduce Dutch technology to revive agriculture in northern Croatia, Jan is spreading his brand of positivity all over the country. But he is not the only Dutch resident doing incredible things here. There are others working in different fields away…
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Future Omis Fast Road One Step Closer to Becoming Reality
October 21, 2020 - To the relief of citizens in Split and its surroundings, we are one step closer to constructing the highly anticipated Omis fast road. The tender for the TTTS-Dugi Rati road, which lasted an incredible 19 months, has finally been completed. There is no need to emphasize just how much the construction of this road would mean for Omis and the whole of central Dalmatia. Its discussion has gone on for decades. Although no one knows when the fast road from Split to Omis will be built, things have at least began moving in the right direction.…
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Split-Dalmatia County Allocates 750,000 Kuna for 18 Tourism Projects
October 21, 2020 - Good news for tourism in Dalmatia, as Split-Dalmatia County allocates 750,000 kuna for the development of tourism-related projects in 18 of its cities and municipalities. Namely, Index.hr reports that these are projects that cities and municipalities have applied for in a public tender and approved by the Project Selection Committee. The largest amount, 110 thousand kuna, was given to the project Jadro-izvor života, which was reported by the City of Solin, followed by the thematic trail Put križa in the municipality of Podbablje (85 thousand), the House of Dalmatian prosciutto and wine in Vrgorac and the project…
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
See Together Challenge: Diocletian's Palace to be Live-Streamed to Viewers Around the World
October 20, 2020 - UNESCO World Heritage Site Diocletian's Palace will be live-streamed to viewers around the world on Thursday, October 22, as part of the 'See Together Challenge' by Seoul company Magenta. Magenta, a documentary production company based in Seoul, South Korea, is launching a new project titled ‘See Together Challenge’. The project is co-hosted by SK Telecom, the National Korean Committee for UNESCO, and Magenta, and is funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and supported by the Korea Radio Promotion Association. ‘See Together Challenge’ was envisioned to lift spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic and to raise…
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
100 Million Euro Matalda Golf Course on Cres Island Back in Spotlight
October 20, 2020 - The Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development has launched an environmental impact assessment procedure for the Matalda golf course on Cres Island. HRTurizam reports that it is a long-awaited project for constructing a golf course, with a total value of over 100 million euro, and whose investor is Jadranka d.d. from Mali Lošinj. As it is pointed out in the public invitation, the construction of a combined golf course in five phases is planned and facilities for catering and tourist facilities and other facilities on about 324 hectares. Thus, two golf courses with a total of…
