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Restaurant and cafe businesses urge gov't to allow higher intake of foreign workersBusinesses in Croatia's hospitality and catering industry on Saturday called on the government to urgently allow the hiring of 5,000 more foreigners in the tourist sector. The coordinating body of restaurant and cafe businesses warns that the current labour shortage could negatively affect the ongoing tourist season, thus causing unforeseeable damage to the Croatian economy. 15.06.2019. | News

​Employers ask for more foreign workers, say tourist season at riskThe Croatian Employers' Association and the Croatian Tourism Association asked the government on Friday to urgently adopt a decision to raise the quota for foreign workers, saying the tourist season was at risk due to a labour shortage. 14.06.2019. | News

Non-appraised land bill may bring tourism up to EUR 5 bn in investmentsClearing up the situation with construction land that has not been appraised, the bulk of which is in the tourism sector, may lead to potential investments in tourism of EUR 3-5 billion, it was said at the State Assets Ministry on Thursday during a presentation of a bill on that land.  13.06.2019. | News

Britain's leaders in tourism attend conference in SplitAbout 400 senior delegates and representatives of VisitBritain, British Airways, EasyJet, TUI, Thomas Cook and other travel agencies met in Podstrana near the southern Adriatic city of Split for the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT) conference which will continue until Wednesday. 11.06.2019. | News

A considerable rise in number of visitors to Croatia in AprilA total of 1.1 million guests visited Croatia during April, which was a 16.4% rise compared to April 2018, and their overnight stays increased by 18.4% to nearly three million, the national statistical office (DZS) reported on Tuesday.  11.06.2019. | News

Karlovac Aquatika joins Global Network of Water MuseumsThe Croatian public institution Aquatika - the Karlovac Freshwater Aquarium has recently joined the Global Network of Water Museums as the first Croatian institution to do so. The institution's head, Margarita Markusic Kulas, said Aquatika was extremely proud of becoming a part of the prestigious association. The Global Network of Water Museums was placed under the umbrella of UNESCO’s International Hydrological Programme (IHP) in June 2018 by its Intergovernmental Council, composed of 36 member states.The new IHP initiative aims to reconnect people and water in all of its dimensions. It is expected to strengthen IHP’s communication and capacity to reach new audiences in order to deploy and enhance the benefit of formal and informal water education, according to information on the UNESCO website. 09.06.2019. | News

Croatia needs golf tourism because of its multiplicative effectsGolf tourism is one of the most competitive and profitable forms of tourism worldwide and Croatia definitely needs that type of tourism as it brings about additional values and multiplicative effects for the development of a destination and it also enables the prolongation of the tourist season, according to the conclusions of the 4th conference on golf tourism in the Istrian coastal town of Porec. As many as 173 new golf courses have been built in 26 countries in Europe. On the other hand, golf tourism is a fledgling tourist industry in Croatia, as against other Mediterranean countries where it is developed, said Drazen Slamar, one of the conference's organisers. 03.06.2019. | News

Croatia, Dubrovnik, Split record biggest jumps in popularity on TripAdvisorAccording to the global travel portal TripAdvisor, Croatia is among the countries with the highest increases in searches and popularity, by 27% in the first four months of the year, while Dubrovnik and Split were ranked first and second under that criterion, the National Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Monday. Citing just obtained data on the behaviour and visits by TripAdvisor users, HTZ said the popularity and searches for Dubrovnik and Split in the first months of the year jumped 46% and 41% respectively. 03.06.2019. | News

​Expert: Croatia has excellent conditions for development of equestrian tourismCroatia has excellent conditions for the development of equestrian tourism and in cooperation with all other stakeholders in the appropriate destinations for that type of tourism, such demanding guests can be provided with superb services and experience, an international expert, Renzo Tomi, has recently said during his visit to Croatia. Tomi, an Italian expert for equestrian tourism, arrived in Croatia to give a lecture at an international conference on this topic in Bjelovar. 02.06.2019. | News

Croatian's National Tourist Board to open office in Madrid in 2020The Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) plans to open an office in Madrid at the beginning of 2020 due to growing interest by Spanish tourists to visit Croatia and also because the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has its headquarters in Madrid. HTZ made the announcement after HTZ Director-General Kristjan Stanicic met with UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili, who is currently visiting Zagreb where the 64th Meeting of the UNWTO Commission for Europe and Workshop on Growth, Innovation and Partnership is currently being held. 30.05.2019. | News