Tourist numbers over Easter indicate a good start to the season
Over Easter weekend in Croatia, many areas of the country welcomed their first large influx of visitors, perhaps pointing to indicators for the proper season ahead. Initials reports suggest that around 75,000 tourists visited the Croatian coast alone, with good weather prompting a number of last-minute arrivals. Istria received around 30,000 tourists, mainly from nearby […]
Arts & Crafts Fun Festival on Hvar this summer
If you’re visiting Hvar this May and June – or wish to improve on your creative talents in a beautiful setting – you may well be interested to hear about a fantastic arts and crafts festival that is taking place in Hvar Town. Running from 28th May through to the 18th June, the inaugural Arts […]
Seaplanes could link Croatian mainland and its islands
A number of Croatian newspapers this week reported that a German company is to start operating seaplane flights on the Croatian coast, establishing regular lines between the mainland and several of the larger islands. European Coastal Airlines (ECA) plan a first phase of flights later this year, linking Split and Dubrovnik with the islands of […]
Croatian travel agents brought in more foreign tourists in 2010 than in 2009
Newly released statistics show that 5.4% more foreign tourists came to Croatia via the country’s tour operators in 2010 than in the previous year, amounting to about 100,000 more foreign holidaymakers – with 1.83 million tourists booking through Croatian travel agents in total. These holidaymakers stayed in the country for 12.6 million nights, which is about […]
2011 to be a busy year for Split Airport
Following my previous posts this month on how 2011 looks to be a promising year for Zadar Airport and on Split looking forward to a great season, here’s a post that combines those two – looking at how Split Airport is also looking to have a good year! Today’s Slobodna Dalmacija reports that this year, the […]
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