Tourism board expects double-digit figures for Polish visitors to Croatia

The Polish market is important for Croatia's tourism and this year a double-digit rise in the number of Polish visitors to Croatia is expected, it was said on Thursday at a Croatian Tourism Board (HTZ) business workshop in Warsaw, which was attended by 50 participants from Poland and 26 participants from Croatia.

In 2017, Croatia saw more than 970,000 Polish guests who generated 6.3 million overnight stays, which is an increase of 20%, and that market ranked fourth in terms of tourism turnover, the HTZ said in a press release.

HTZ director Kristjan Stanicic underscored that Polish tourists mostly travelled to destinations in Dalmatia and that they preferred family-run accommodation. In 2017 they generated 4 million bed nights in this type of accommodation.

The HTZ added that good announcements by some of the largest tour operators and agencies in Poland, including TUI, Neckermann and Rainbow Tours, were confirmed at the workshop. During talks with the director of the HTZ branch in Poland, Agnieszka Anna Puszczewicz, it was underscored that the Polish demand for Croatian destinations was on the rise for the coming season too.

The HTZ also announced that it would attend tourism fairs in the USA, Switzerland, Slovakia and Lithuania.
(Hina)

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