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World's Biggest Welcome in Croatia: Day 30 - Sali to Kurba Vela (Foot, Kayak)

By 23 April 2019

April 23, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 30 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 30 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. 

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Day 30 moved from Sali to Kurba Vela on foot and kayak. 

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52 kilometres for the day: 10 km on foot from Sali to Telaščica, followed by a 42 km kayak ride from Telaščica to Kurba Vela to continue forming the ‘C’ in ‘Welcome’.

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Day 30 set off from Sali to Telascica Nature Park.

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Lacko setting off towards Kornati. 

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The cameraman filming the adventurer - Lacko. 

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Lacko on his way to Kornati. 

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Marko fixing the GoPro on Lacko's kayak. 

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Kornati in all of its glory. 

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The team at Kornati. 

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Lacko making his way to the Kornati National Park. 

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Arriving in town. 

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Boats in the archipelago. 

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And Lacko. 

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The small island that hosted the crew for a night.

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Lacko arriving at the island.

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Lacko's room. 

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The sunset from the island. 

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And sleeping under the starry night sky. 

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

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Sali.

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Telaščica.

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Kornati 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 31, as Lacko moves from Kurba Vela to Šibenik by kayak. 

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

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