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Three tourism bills sent to parliament to upgrade tourist boards systemThe government on Thursday sent three tourism bills for a second reading in parliament - on tourist boards and tourism promotion, on tourist board membership fees, and on tourist taxes. The bills passed the first reading last year and are expected to pass the second reading in the second quarter of the year. 05.04.2019. | News
Osijek-Baranja County presents tourism and business opportunities to Chinese marketOsijek-Baranja County has presented its tourism and business opportunities at a three-day international conference on tourism cooperation, held in the Chinese city of Jiaxing last week, the Office of Osijek-Baranja County Prefect Ivan Anusic said in a press release Wednesday. The purpose of the traditional tourism conference is to promote cooperation between Chinese and foreign travel agencies, state institutions and tourism associations. 03.04.2019. | News
Croatia sees 5% increase in Q1 tourist arrivalsFive percent more tourists visited Croatia in the first quarter of 2019 than at the same time last year, while the number of bed nights was roughly the same, National Tourist Board (HTZ) director Kristjan Stanicic said at a meeting of the Tourist Business Council at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. 03.04.2019. | News
Ministry of Tourism earmarks HRK 428,000 for 13 vocational school projectsThe Ministry of Tourism has earmarked HRK 427,700 to support 13 tourism projects in secondary vocational and art schools with the aim of promoting vocational careers, improving the quality of staff and training for tourism and hospitality occupations, the ministry said on Monday. The ministry has earmarked the grants following a tender which is part of a programme promoting and strengthening competencies of vocational occupations in tourism, which was launched in 2009 and as part of which the ministry has granted almost HRK 4 million for various projects in secondary vocational schools. 01.04.2019. | News
Croatia Airlines moves to summer flight scheduleCroatia Airlines is moving to its summer flight schedule as of Sunday, during which it will operate direct flights to 38 European destinations in 24 countries and Zagreb will be directly connected with 24 European destinations in 22 countries. The summer flight schedule begins before the Easter holidays, which traditionally mark the beginning of the tourist season in Croatia. At the peak of the season, Croatia Airlines will operate 105 flights daily on average. 31.03.2019. | News
HTZ presenting Croatia's tourism in TexasThe Croatian National Tourist Board's (HTZ) New York office will present Croatia's tourism at the Dallas Travel and Adventure Show in Texas on March 30-31, and announcements from the US market indicate that the number of US tourists visiting Croatia might increase by more than 20% this year. 29.03.2019. | News
Foreign tourists generate EUR 10.1B in revenue in 2018Revenue generated by foreign tourists in 2018 exceeded EUR 10 billion for the first time, reaching almost EUR 10.1 billion, up 6.4% on the year, the Tourism Ministry said on Friday, citing central bank (HNB) figures. According to the HNB, foreign tourists generated nearly EUR 852 million in the last quarter of 2018, up 5.6% on the year. 29.03.2019. | News
Croatia's current account surplus EUR 1.35bn in 2018, says central bankLast year Croatia's current account ran a surplus of 1.35 billion euro with an increased deficit in exchange of goods, and continued positive trends in foreign trade of services, particularly impacted by good tourism results and revenue from consumption by foreign tourists which exceeded 10 billion euro for the first time ever, show the latest statistics released by the Croatian National Bank (HNB) on Friday. 29.03.2019. | News
IT, pharmaceutical and defence sectors crucial for boosting Croatia-India cooperationPossibilities for advancing economic cooperation between Croatia and India are great, notably in the IT, tourism, farming, textile and leather processing, pharmaceutical, energy and defence industries, heard a Croatia-India business forum, held in Zagreb on Wednesday.Possibilities for advancing economic cooperation between Croatia and India are great, notably in the IT, tourism, farming, textile and leather processing, pharmaceutical, energy and defence industries, heard a Croatia-India business forum, held in Zagreb on Wednesday. 27.03.2019. | News
HTZ: 28% more Chinese tourists expected in Croatia this yearCroatia can expect good results with regard to Chinese tourists and about 28% or 300,000 more arrivals this year compared to 2018, the director of the Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) Kristjan Stanicic said on Tuesday after a business workshop held in China. 26.03.2019. | News