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Indices show strong growth on back of tourism sectorThe main Zagreb Stock Exchange indices increased strongly on Monday on the back of increased trading in the tourism sector which has reacted positively to the news of the gradual relaxation of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus and with borders reopening. 18.05.2020. | News

EU ministers for restoration of tourist trade and travel in EU in stagesEU foreign ministers agreed on Monday that it was necessary to gradually restore tourism trade and travel in the EU, Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said on Monday, underscoring that caution was required regardless of the favourable epidemiological situation in Croatia. 18.05.2020. | News

Plenkovic: We are full of hope for summer seasonIn an interview with the Die Welt daily Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has expressed hope that this year's tourist season will be successful after all, after Zagreb responded well to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, with a relatively low number of infected persons. 18.05.2020. | News

Tourism ministry says additional HRK 388 mn secured for regional centresThe Croatian Tourism Ministry has decided to finance six regional competence centres with an additional HRK 388 million (€51.32 million), with Minister Gari Cappelli saying that competence centres were a long-term solution to the problem of labour shortages in the hospitality industry. 17.05.2020. | News

Over 14,000 foreigners enter Croatia since May 9Over 14,000 foreigners have entered Croatia and over 36,000 Croatian citizens have left the country since May 9, when a decision on crossing the border during the coronavirus epidemic was changed, Police Director Nikola Milina said on Saturday. 16.05.2020. | News

Pahor and Milanovic expect Slovenians to spend vacation in CroatiaThe presidents of Croatia and Slovenia, Zoran Milanovic and Borut Pahor respectively, on Friday said that they expected Slovenians to spend their summer vacation in Croatia this year thanks to the favourable epidemiological situation in both countries. 15.05.2020. | News

Germany negotiates travel regime with tourism countriesGerman Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will talk on Monday with his counterparts from the countries to which German tourists travel the most, including Croatia, about the possibilities of coordinating quarantine rules and rules for cross-border travelling. 15.05.2020. | News

Plenkovic: Cooperation in Central, Eastern Europe important for reactivating tourismDuring a video conference with his counterparts in the Central European Initiative (CEI), Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has said that good cooperation between Central and East European countries is important for lifting travel restrictions and reactivating tourism, his office said on Friday. 15.05.2020. | News

Council calls on gov't to continue jobkeeping support in tourism sectorThe Social Council for Tourism supports the government's measures designed to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the business sector, but notes that for jobs in the tourism sector to be saved, it is necessary for the measures to continue, the Croatian Employers Association (HUP) Tourism Sector said on Friday. 15.05.2020. | News

No cancellation of bookings for July, Aug and SeptMinister Gari Cappelli said on Thursday that for the time being  there were no cancellations of bookings for July, August and September, which also reflected on the fact that there was no general price cutting. 14.05.2020. | News