Travel

As Morski writes on the 7th of June, 2020, Croatia expected to earn an enormous amount of money this year from the budding and highly promising nautical tourism sector. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, of course, those earnings will be significantly lower, but not as low as in some other branches of Croatian tourism. With the opening of the borders, sailors, who keep their boats in Croatian marinas, are continuing to arrive in increasing numbers, the first megayachts are entering Croatian waters, and a charter fleet has been launched, which Croatia has the most of and is among the most…

June 8, 2020 - A few weeks ago, Index.hr and Dalmatian portal (Dalmatinski portal) published an article which presented some devastating results by analysing the work of tourist boards in Croatia. Pokret Otoka has done something similar. The Solta tourist board stood out in particular... The person responsible for discovering this "phenomenon" is the British journalist Paul Bradbury, who, with his experiment, once again drew attention to where taxpayers' money actually goes. If you didn't know, Bradbury contacted the Croatian National Tourist Board, which shared the public e-mail addresses of all tourist boards to help them in their business. Namely, they were offered…

June 7, 2020 - Hostels could be the most affected by the corona crisis in the tourism sector, and hundreds have sprung up in Croatia in recent years. There are forty hostels in Split alone, all of which are mostly empty. HRT reports that guests who stay in hostels, mostly young people arriving by plane from overseas countries, will hardly be able to come this summer, so many hostels are threatened with closure. Antea is the owner of two hostels in Split. At the end of last season, she invested her earnings in a food bar. Now there are no earnings,…

June 7, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Split and the island of Losinj. Croatian Aviation reports that Scandinavian Airlines, better known as SAS, the airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, will soon launch two international routes to Croatia. SAS is a long-time guest at Croatian coastal airports, so it is not surprising that it will be among the first after the corona crisis to launch two flights to Split Airport. For the latest travel info, bookmark our main travel info article, which is updated daily.  Read the Croatian Travel Update…

As Morski writes on the 5th of June, 2020, reporters from the Slovakian television station RTVS came to Vir where they worked on a story of the island of Vir, referring to it as a a safe and desirable tourist destination. In epidemiological circumstances that mostly prevent Slovakian citizens from leaving their country and due to the extremely strict rules when it comes to social distancing and behaviour in Slovakia itself, the trip to Croatia for the RTVS journalist team was like winning a raffle, and staying in Vir was a breath of not only fresh air but of long-awaited…

June 5, 2020 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for flights to Croatia with updates from Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik, Rijeka and Pula.  Croatian Aviation reports that in its latest statement, Emirates further postponed the start of traffic on the Dubai-Zagreb route. The company first postponed the line to July, then to August, and the latest news is September. Emirates is currently offering sales on the Dubai-Zagreb route from September 1 this year, four times a week; on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Boeing 777-300ER aircraft have been announced on the route, which has several different configurations in the…

As Regional Express writes on the 4th of June, 2020, Croatian Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said he was in talks with Austria about opening the borders. He added that there are holidays in Austria and that everyone is working to try to protect their respective economies. "I fully understand them. Some people must have also understood us when we said that we're opening our borders for ten countries, but I think that this will crystallise and be resolved at the European level by June the 15th," Gari Cappelli said. When asked if hotels are allowed to receive workers' benefits and…

As Novac writes on the 3rd of June, 2020, starting this weekend, the Istrian Tourist Board is launching intensified media advertising in its emitting tourist markets with special emphasis on the area of ​​Austria and southern Germany, under the slogan "Istrien so nah!" (Istria so close!). Building on the current destination campaigns conducted in cooperation with the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ), the last of which being "The vacation you deserve is closer than you think" which is being directed towards seven European markets, Istria wants to focus additional attention on its close and faithful markets - German-speaking tourists. The…

June 4, 2020 - The Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) announced that Croatia has positioned itself as a safe and desirable tourist destination thanks to its excellent epidemiological situation, which is confirmed by numerous airline announcements. Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, which still has a strong impact on international tourism trends, Croatia has additionally positioned itself as a safe and desirable tourist destination due to its excellent epidemiological situation in the international market. This is confirmed by numerous announcements of airlines that will connect Croatian destinations with key markets during the main summer months. According to information gathered by the…

As we recently reported, Austria has chosen open its borders to its neighbours. Croatia, as a country with which Austria doesn't share a direct border, isn't yet on the list. Despite that, the favourite holiday destination of many Austrians isn't without Austrian citizens. Currently, there are 1500 Austrian citizens staying in Croatia, providing a much needed boost to the Croatian tourism industry in these trying times. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 4th of June, 2020, trips from Austria to Croatia have intensified in recent days and currently more than 1500 tourists from that country are dotted around Croatia. Austria…