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2018 sees 6.5% more tourist arrivals, 4% more bed nights, says HTZ directorCroatia recorded 19.7 million tourist arrivals and over 106 million bed nights throughout 2018, which was respectively by 6.5% and 4% more than in 2017. These statistics were presented by the director of the Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ), Kristjan Stanicic, in the resort of Opatija on the first day of 2019. 01.01.2019. | News
Analysts see external risks as obstacle to Croatia's more robust growthAfter a steady growth in 2018, analysts expect the growth to decelerate in 2019, the tourism sector to attract record-high numbers, the public debt to further go down and the country's credit rating to improve, while a slower global economic growth and protectionism will pose the biggest risks to the national economy. Croatia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2019 could be below the level recorded in 2018. 30.12.2018. | News
Plava Laguna to continue major investment projects next yearThis year the Plava Laguna hotel company has had the largest capital budget in its history, of HRK 500 million, and will continue major investment projects next year, the Porec-based company said in a statement earlier this week. The company plans to invest HRK 300 million in its facilities in Porec, Umag and Rijeka. 23.12.2018. | News
Croatian Tourism Association welcomes increase of foreign workers quotaThe Croatian Tourism Association (HUT) on Thursday welcomed the government decision to increase the annual quota of work permits for foreign nationals in 2019, under which it would be possible to hire over 15,000 foreigners for work in the tourism and hospitality sector. 20.12.2018. | News
Croatia expects 10% rise in tourist stats over Christmas and New Year holidaysAccording to reports on bookings for the Christmas and New Year season in Croatia, tourist arrivals and overnight stays are likely to rise by 10% compared to the corresponding period of last year, the Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) said in a press release on Wednesday. 19.12.2018. | News
Tourism minister says 20,000 accommodation facilities to be recategorised soonPrivate providers of accommodation for tourists will soon have to recategorise their facilities, given that those accommodation capacities have had the same category for over 20 years, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said in Zagreb on Wednesday. Commenting on the state of affairs in the tourism industry in Croatia, Cappelli hinted at a possibility of reducing the standard VAT rate for restaurants and cafes, primarily when it comes to food provision. 28.11.2018. | News
Croatian coastal towns attract most incomersThe latest data from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics about population migration indicates that small and medium-sized towns on the coast attract the most newcomers - nine out of ten towns with the highest number of migrated residents are located on the coast, which is mostly due to development boosted by tourism and new jobs opening. Dubrovnik has attracted the most incomers. In the past six years 1,545 more people have moved to Dubrovnik than left it, the gradonacelnik.hr website has reported. 23.11.2018. | News
150 yrs of Hvar's tourism marked in European ParliamentSustainability is the key prerequisite for the development of Croatian tourism and Croatia's islands should serve as an example of that, a discussion in the European Parliament on 150 years of tourism in Hvar on the Croatian island of the same name concluded on Tuesday. Croatian MEP Davor Skrlec said during the discussion that the implementation of the sustainable tourism concept would enable the residents of Hvar to have a dignified life during the summer season, and that the existing infrastructure could be balanced and utilised not only for the season. 20.11.2018. | News
Croatian national park make Fodor's Travel Go List 2019The US publishing house Fodor's Travel has listed Croatian national parks in their Go 2019 list , the Croatian National Tourism Boards (HTZ) said in a press release Wednesday. Fodor's Travel is one of the world's leading publishers of English language travel and tourism information and the first relatively professional producer of travel guidebooks. The Go 2019 list includes 52 destinations "that inspire us to get going in 2019," including national parks in Croatia. "These photogenic National Parks give you eight more reasons to put Croatia on your 2019 travel list," Fodor's said. 17.11.2018. | News
Minister: New tourism-related laws aimed at creating new identity of CroatiaTourism Minister Gari Cappelli said on Tuesday that the three tourism-related bills which the government forwarded to the parliament on late October were prerequisites for creating a new competitive identity of Croatia, and that it was the government's duty to develop a strategy for managing Croatia's positive perception. "Croatia must create a new image and move towards this topic with full responsibility, professionalism and maturity. It is the duty of our government on behalf of all citizens, institutions and companies, to develop a strategy of managing a positive perception of Croatia," Cappelli said at a conference organised by the Jutarnji List daily in Zagreb on Tuesday on the system of tourist boards in the 21st century. 13.11.2018. | News