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HUT welcomes announced bill on non-appraised landThe Croatian Tourism Association (HUT) on Monday expressed strong support to the government's initiative to amend the law on tourism and construction land which has not yet been appraised, the bulk of which is in the tourism sector. The unresolved issue of the land used for tourist purposes is a major barrier that should be removed so as to eanble the full development of the investment potential of the tourism sector, the HUT says in a press release. 17.06.2019. | News

Travel agencies join appeal to resolve tourism labour shortageThe UHPA and UPA associations of Croatian travel agencies on Monday joined demands for resolving the labour shortage in the tourist season, proposing that workers who repeatedly refuse jobs be stricken from Croatian Employment Service records.  17.06.2019. | News

​Bjelovar swamped by visitors during Terezijana festivitiesOver 40,000 guests visited the town of Bjelovar, 70 kilometres east of Zagreb, on Saturday and Sunday on the occasion of the annual Terezijana festivities in memory to Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa during whose rule in the 18th century that settlement was developed into an urban centre. 16.06.2019. | News

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