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Junee 12, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Zagreb and Split. Croatian Aviation reports that from July 4, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will gradually resume flights to Zagreb and Split from Amsterdam, which has been suspended due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus. The airline will restart 3 weeks of flights to Zagreb and daily flights to Split from the Dutch capital. From July 4, the Amsterdam - Zagreb line will be introduced, three times a week, on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Embraer 190 aircraft with a capacity of 98…

June 12, 2020 - A look at Hvar Town on June 11, 2020.  Tourism hasn't quite kicked off in Croatia in the post corona era, though things could very well change by June 15 when EU orders are expected to open. For now, Croatian towns are as picturesque as ever, as the footprints of tourists are stilled washed away from last year. While it's odd to see some of the country's most famous destinations empty in the middle of June, it does have its perks - and apart from feeling like you have the town to yourself, you'll be hard-pressed…

June 11, 2020 - Through an online form launched on the Ministry's website, 200,000 people announced their arrival in Croatia, of which 70,000 are for tourist stays. Jutarnji List reports that given the favorable epidemiological situation, the government decided on Wednesday to open permanent border crossings for international maritime passenger traffic that were temporarily closed due to COVID-19, and to lift the temporary postponement of opening seasonal maritime border crossings. By amending the Decree on border crossings, permanent border crossings in Umag, Poreč, Rovinj, Mali Lošinj, Korčula and Ubli are opened, as well as seasonal crossings Umag - ACI Marina,…

June 11, 2020 - On Wednesday, 560 guests were registered in Split. Alijana Vukšić, the director of the Split Tourist Board, confirmed the good news. "These are individual arrivals, guests who are inclined to visit us. We expect a larger number next week when the opening of borders begins, i.e., air transport," said Vukšić for Dalmatinski Portal. She stressed that private renters are the foundation of tourism, so they organized training for them to get first-hand information. One of them was organized in cooperation with the Tourist Board of Split-Dalmatia County on the topic 'Useful information, instructions, recommendations and rules of…

June 11, 2020 - Gari Cappelli interviewed with RTL Danas in Pula on Wednesday about nautical tourism, and the border openings with Hungary,  BiH and Serbia.  RTL reports that when talking about holidays, Germans mostly google Croatia, according to the research of the Arbona agency. Croatia is far more interested in German tourists than tourists from Spain or Italy, and the keyword index vacation and Croatia is higher than 75 percent. For RTL Danas, Boris Misevic spoke with the Minister of Tourism, Gari Capelli, about whether the tourist season is in sight. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main…

As Poslovni Dnevnik/Suzana Varosanec writes on the 9th of June, 2020, Croatia's southernmost city of Dubrovnik has got a completely renovated Hotel Rixos Premium Dubrovnik hotel, the doors of which are opening to guests on the 12th of June according to the company's announcement. This ''soft opening'' business period is set to begin immediately after the completion of the hotel's major investment. Namely, the investment in the renovation of this well known and wildly popular Dubrovnik hotel, a component of the Rixos Hotels group and a shining star in the portfolio of the luxury class of the Accor group, amounted…

June 10, 2020 — A luxury cruise set to tour Game of Thrones filming locations in Croatia was postponed to August, with a few changes nodding to life with the coronavirus. The cellars where Daenerys Targaryen keeps her dragons are actually the walls of Diocletian's Palace in Split. The ancient city of Mereen where that ruler freed slaves is Klis, and the iconic scene in which Khaleesi bathes her Missandechi was filmed in the village of Žrnovica. This is only a small part of the history of the "Game of Thrones" written in Croatia, which was to become one of…

June 10, 2020 — There are more and more foreign tourists in Istria every day, perusing the streets of major centers. But the numbers are a far cry from the same period last year. The Istrian peninsula has seemed busier. But the groups of Deutsch-speaking tourists should come as no surprise: Germany’s in the middle of its two-week Pentecost holidays. In this period, in recent years, accommodation in Istria has been filled as if it were the heart of the tourism season.  In the first eight days of June this year, Istria had 25,000 arrivals and 120,000 overnight stays, which…

ZAGREB, June 10, 2020 - Considering the favourable epidemiological situation in the country, the Croatian government on Wednesday decided to reopen maritime border crossing points for international transport of passengers that had been temporarily closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Terezija Gras, state secretary at the Ministry of the Interior, informed the government of the activities of the national coronavirus crisis management team. She said that 200,000 people had announced their visit to Croatia using an online form on the ministry's website. Of those, 70,000 are tourists, mostly from Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Germany. For the latest travel…

June 10, 2020 — Hungary will on Friday drop a mandatory 14-day self-isolation rule for all citizens returning from Croatia. Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjártó said those arriving from Croatia will no longer have to self-quarantine for two weeks upon their return. Starting Friday, travelers coming from Croatia do not have to quarantine themselves. The border between Hungary and Croatia was as good as closed, with epidemiological rules convinced many would-be tourists to stay at home.  Szijjártó said new infections were under control in most of Central Europe, creating a chance to slowly reopen. “For us,…