April 13, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 18 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast. 

The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 18 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.  

The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating the biggest welcome in the world from a hospitable tourism country. 

Day 18 moved on foot and kayak from Zavižan to Novalja. 

40 kilometres for the day: 20 km on foot from Zavižan to Jablanac, followed by a 20 km kayak ride from Jablanac to Novalja to continue forming the ‘L’ in ‘Welcome’.

Day 18 began at the Northern Velebit National Park.

Lacko claims the wind blew so hard at times it made it hard to breathe.

The Zavižan mountain lodge where the group stayed. 

The Premuziceva trail at Northern Velebit National Park.

Which had parts covered in snow. 

Gromovaca at Northern Velebit National Park.

And back on the Premuziceva trail...

To fight through a thick forest of snow.

But it melted, and the group carried on to the Alan mountain lodge at Northern Velebit National Park.

And finally, downhill towards Jablanac.

Before jumping on kayaks in Zavratnica.

With the ferry Prizna Zigljen to end the day. 

A key part of the project was promoting tourism, and the official website has details of the key places visited during the day. 

Northern Velebit National Park.

You can see the entire project on the Welcome website, as well as much more of Luka Tambaca's stunning photography on the Welcome Facebook page. 

Tune in tomorrow for Day 19, as Lacko moves from Novalja to Veli Rat by kayak.  

To follow the whole project from the start, follow the dedicated TCN page. 

Something new is set to take to the placid waves of the Adriatic sea this summer as the Dalmatian city of Zadar and the city that flows - Rijeka in Kvarner, are set to be connected by catamaran.

As Morski writes on the 2nd of April, 2019, as of the 15th of June this year, the G&V Line Iadera will begin running a brand new daily line that will connect Rijeka and Zadar, joining Krk (Krk), Rab (Lopar) and Pag (Novalja) seasonally.

This is a new and unique line from G&V Line Iadera, which will connect Dalmatia and Kvarner by sea, enabling a person to arrive to Zadar from Rijeka (or vice versa) in only four hours, according to a report from eZadar.

190 kuna is the one-way maximum price, and the fastest ship, Melita, with its capacity of 180 passengers and an indoor air-conditioned salon will depart from Rijeka on 08:15 and from Zadar at 16:15.

The total journey time between the two coastal Croatian cities is four hours, and passengers can enjoy travelling in air-conditioned indoor areas with comfortable seating.

The line will run from June the 15th to September the 15th, and ticket sales online will soon begin.

Make sure to follow our dedicated lifestyle and travel pages for much more.

Click here for the original article by eZadar

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After a successful summer season for 2016 in Croatia, data from Booking.com ranked Novalja, Crikvenica, Trogir, Šibenik and Rijeka as the five fastest growing destinations in Croatia, reports Poslovni.hr.