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Gov't endorses amendments to hospitality industry lawThe government on Thursday endorsed a final bill of amendments to the hospitality industry law which regulates the models and terms under which legal and physical persons can operate hotels, bars and restaurants, and whose goal is to bolster tourism development and competitiveness. Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said no additional funds would be required for implementing the amendments. 04.10.2018. | News

East Croatia has great potential for developing religious tourism - forumThere is great potential for the development of religious tourism in east Croatia, however, this potential has not yet been exploited sufficiently, according to a two-day forum on cultural and religious tourism which started in Vukovar on Wednesday. "Culture and religion must be a single tourist product. We cannot talk about (the eastern Croatian town of) Aljmas and the Marian shrine in Aljmas and not to talk about culture," said Zdenko Cerovic, professor at the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management in Opatija. 03.10.2018. | News

​Growing number of Hungarians visiting CroatiaIn the first nine months of 2018, the number of Hungarian tourists visiting Croatia increased by 8% to 595,000 in comparison to the corresponding period in 2017, and they generated 3.1 million overnight stays, up 6%, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) says. The total number of Hungarians who visited Croatia in the first nine months of 2018 exceed their arrivals in the whole of 2017. 30.09.2018. | News

Croatia reports 10% increase in H1 revenues from foreign touristsRevenues from foreign tourists who visited Croatia in the first half of 2018 reached EUR 3 billion, an increase of 276 million or 10 percent over the same period of 2017, the Tourism Ministry said on Sunday, citing central bank data. In the second quarter of this year, compared with the same period last year, revenues from foreign tourists increased by EUR 222 million or 9 percent to EUR 2.558 billion. 30.09.2018. | News

100 million overnight stays in Croatia YTD, a month earlier than in 2017Since the start of 2018 to 28 September, slightly over 100 million tourist overnight stays were registered in Croatia, which is a month earlier than in 2017, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) reported on Friday. The data collected by the eVisitor system includes statistics about overnight stays in hotels and other facilities as well as in marinas. 28.09.2018. | News

Croatia needs to develop all year round tourismCroatia's tourism can and must be developed to work all year round, as this is important for its sustainability as well as for the sustainability of the overall economy, but for now there are only several destinations and this will take time, more cooperation between the public and the private sector and a stronger development of tourism infrastructure and selective forms of tourism. 25.09.2018. | News

​HTZ promotes nautical tourism, invites 18 influencers and bloggers to tour islandsEighteen popular influencers and bloggers from nine countries are spending a week in Croatia at the invitation of the Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ), and will tour six Dalmatian islands to be familiarised with Croatia's nautical and tourism offer and natural attractions, HTZ said on Tuesday. HTZ invited the influencers as part of the "Croatia, Full of Islands to Discover" project promoting Croatia as an attractive and quality nautical destination. 25.09.2018. | News

Legislative amendments to reform tourist board systemDecentralisation, depoliticising, professionalisation, association and a balanced tourism development are the main objectives of proposed amendments to the law on tourist boards, tourist accommodation taxes and membership fees, which if supported, will reform the tourist board system as of 2020, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli and the director of the Croatian National Tourist Board, Kristjan Stanicic, said at a press conference on Monday. 24.09.2018. | News

​Uniline bringing Danish, Chinese and Hungarian guests to Slavonia and BaranjaUniline has introduced programmes for excursions to the eastern Croatian regions of Slavonia and Baranja, this leading Croatian tour operator has recently reported, praising Slavonia and Baranja as lands of legends and myths. The programmes for visits to this corner of Croatia have been launched with the aim of promoting Croatia's east and its tourist opportunities. Thus, Uniline is organising the visits by Danish and Chinese tourists. 23.09.2018. | News

Croatia, China ink tourism cooperation agreementCroatian Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli and Chinese Culture and Tourism Minister Luo Shugang signed a tourism cooperation agreement in Dubrovnik on Wednesday, which was preceded by a meeting of Croatian and Chinese delegations. Cappelli said the agreement would make bilateral cooperation more concrete, with an action plan and deadlines, notably after Croatia's National Tourist Board opens an office in Shanghai in November. 19.09.2018. | News