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One of the largest tourism-oriented websites, TripAdvisor announces the World's Best Hotels With 2018 Travelers' Choice Awards. Viroth's Hotel in Cambodia Named Top Hotel in the World; based on the millions of reviews and opinions by the site's users in the past year. This year, in the 16th year of the awards, TripAdvisor has recognized 8,095 properties in 94 countries and eight regions worldwide. The hallmarks of Travelers' Choice hotels winners are remarkable quality, service and value. The awards celebrate hotel winners in the categories of Top Hotels Overall, Luxury, Bargain, Small, Best Service, B&Bs and Inns, Romance, Family and…

February 2, 2019 - The new Split airport, namely, the new terminal, is four times bigger than the previous one, and worth 450 million kuna. To everyone’s excitement, its doors will open just before the tourist season, most likely in June.  After we looked at the plans for Split Airport after the terminal is completed, T.portal met with Split Airport's assistant director Pero Bilas to check out the interior of the new building, which is currently the most significant investment in Dalmatia after the Pelješac Bridge. Last year, 3.12 million passengers traveled through Split Airport, which is only 200,000 fewer than…

As Marina Ruso/Morski writes on the 2nd of February, 2019, after the well-known European Best Destination portal declared Zagreb as the best Christmas destination in Europe for three consecutive years, and the City of Zadar as the best European destination of 2016, this year has seen the charming town of Cavtat, otherwise Croatia's southernmost town, nominated for the prestigious title. Cavtat can be found on the list of twenty destinations nominated for the best European destination in 2019, ranked with the likes of Genoa, Malaga, Budapest and even European giants such as London and Rome. After just the first week,…

The public institution Aquatika in Karlovac and Una National Park in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina signed an agreement to cooperate on tourism, promotion, scientific work and monitoring, among other projects, reports HRTurizam on February 2, 2019.  This cooperation is significant as it finally presents a positive example of synergy and the importance of connecting two tourist destinations from two neighboring states, Croatia and Bosnia. “We believe that we will succeed in increasing the number of visits and exchanging visitors through various joint activities. We will invite our visitors to the National Park, and they will present Aquatika to their visitors,”…

The beautiful vacation facility La Casa di Matiki in Žminj near Pazin in Istria has been named by TripAdvisor as the best bed and breakfast in Croatia for this year. It is an award given on the basis of comments from the website’s guests, who evaluate the service, location, price-quality ratio, cleanliness, and even the quality of sleep. “A wonderful stay in rural Croatia," commented one of the guests. This is the fifth year that Trip Advisor has named Casa Matiki as one of the 25 best bed and breakfasts in Croatia, reports Jutarnji List on February 2, 2019. The…

6 new direct connections to France have been announced in 2019. That is the result of contiually growing number of tourists arriving to Croatia from France: in 2018 Croatia saw 592,000 French tourists, who stayed here for over 2 million nights, which is over 8% increase when compared to 2017.  To further increase that interest of French tourists in Croatia, Croatian health tourism was promoted at the Les Themalies in Paris, the leading exhibition in France for water therapy and wellness. The exhibition's 37th installement saw more than 30,000 visitors, and over 300 exhibitors, and Croatian exhibition, presenting Croatia's strenghts in…

The Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the United Kingdom, with the support of the Croatian Tourist Board in London, organized the ceremony titled "110 Years of Kaštela Tourism" at the Croatian Embassy in London, reports the City of Kaštela on January 31, 2019.  The presentation in London was organized on the initiative of Davorka Žanić Dražić, economic advisor at the Embassy in London.  “In today’s world, there is a growing trend of branding countries through wine and cultural tourism, so I thought that the cultural and historical heritage of Kaštela and the story of the Kaštela Zinfandel certainly…

ZAGREB, February 1, 2019 - Other countries are developing their railway networks while Croatian railways are accumulating losses, trains are slower and slower and the number of passengers traveling by train is decreasing, opposition members of parliament said on Thursday during a debate on a new bill on the railway which the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) believes will contribute to increasing the competitiveness of railway transport. Our rail resembles the rail from the time of the Wild West, the infrastructure could be used to make westerns, Miro Bulj of the opposition MOST party said, noting that a bicycle ride…

January 31, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Dubrovnik, Zagreb, Pula, Rijeka Zadar, and Split.  Flights to Croatia: Volotea adds reinforcements to Croatia Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea announced they were boosting operations on selected routes to Croatia this summer. Reinforcements have been announced to all four airports in Croatia where Volotea operates, AvioRadar reports.  For starters, the airline has extended the seasonal line between Dubrovnik and Bari, which will now run two weeks earlier and five weeks later - from June 5 to October 2. On the new service…

Plava Laguna, one of the biggest hospitality and tourism companies in Croatia, Istria County, Poreč town and Funtana municipalities, as well as their tourist boards, decided to support the new top event coming to Poreč this spring: Ironman 5150 2019 and 2020 races will be held in Istria! HRTurizam writes about World Triathlon Corporation, the owner of the license for the event, signing the contract with Plava Laguna for the two years. 5150 race means that it's an Olympic triathlon, meaning 1.5 kilometres of swimming, 40 kilometres of cycling and 10 kilometres running. The race in 2019 will be held…