News

09 Sep 2010 - Business

Record Tourist Season: 6% more arrivals and 3% more overnights

Opatija - This year's tourist season is the best so far and will be a record, with 6 per cent more arrivals and 3 percent more overnight stays.

It is said that in meeting the government's committee for tourism in Opatija, where he participated in the Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor. The session discussed the nautical tourism, but also on the overall results of the season.

All counties Croatian coastal region recorded an increase in the number of nights from four to 12 percent. The best result is achieved Dubrovnik-Neretva with 12 percent. Most of the guests came from Germany and Austria. It is interesting that the Russians was more for nearly 30 percent, while the Italians were 13 percent less. The Adriatic is visited by more than eight million tourists, who have earned almost 52 million overnight stays. Financial results in nautical tourism are better than last year, although the availability equal.

SPECIAL Mayor Ivo Dujmić supported the privatization Liburnija Riviera Hotel, a coastal-mountain Prefect Zlatko Komadina said that to improve the quality of tourist attractions.

The arrivals and tourist nights will not be big differences, but now that Croatia needed to work on the quality of leads, one of the conclusions of the session.

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ECO

Sustainable tourism

Offers the reality of travel, all-inclusive packages, cheap flights and the like can entice tourists to show even najneatraktivnije as the infinitely romantic and relaxing paradise on Earth.

Have you ever wonder what is the meaning of travel and what benefits your visit brings to local population and its future generations? That's where we come to story of creating a sustainable tourism.

Sustainable tourism is tourism based on the arrangement with the local community, business and other factors. The overall objective is to develop tourism in a way that is fair and acceptable to local communities, economically viable for a longer period and avoids damaging the tourist attraction or physical environment. It offers high-quality tourists, different experiences and to the ordinary and specialized markets.

For visitors sustainable tourism means a certain responsibility and a high degree of environmental awareness. The largest efforts of local communities have no effect if the tourist insists on air-conditioning system, enormous drinking water consumption (in some countries such water could be bought just in markets), and leave plastic waste at the isolated inaccessible beaches or throw it into the sea or rivers.

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TOURISM SERBIA

Serbian tourist was attacked by visitor from Zagreb?

After unpleasant news that serbian tourist was attacked in Vodice, journalist of JutarnjiList went there to investigate hospitality of people of vodice.

Clothed in red t-shirt with label Srbia on it he visited Vodices center, waterfront and couple caffe-bars. Despite label Srbia, people were very pleasant and proffesional. Wen he mentioned incident with serbian tourist, all present sad it wasn't act of any Vodices peasant and that incident influence to tourist tradition badly. A scooter renter from near rent shop told to jurnalist that at late hours, after lot of alcohol you have violent behaviour everywhere and there is no systematic aversion to Serbian tourists.

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Ecxitements

25 Aug 2010 - ADRIATIC SCIENCE

Scientist excited with Adriatic whales

Scientific exploration that have just finished and lasted for 18 days excited all included scientists.

Exploration was held by Institute for envirionment protection and exploration from Roma, Blue World - Institute for sea exploration and protection and Croatian Museum of Nature.

Most impresive results came from south Adriatic and near island Palagruža where 18m long whale Balaenoptera physalus and very hard to see whale Ziphius cavirostris were recorded.

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Traffic

03 Sep 2010 - AIR TRAFFIC

Croatia Airlines pushed by low bugget competitors

CA considers shutting down lines Zagreba-Pariz, Zagreb-London and Zagreb-Kopenhagen

Low bugget operators as EasyJet and Norwegian who already fly from Zagreb airport Pleso to listed destinations pushed Croatian Airlines to consider shutting down its lines. Despite of high quality of service it is obvious that low price of flight todays is much important than comfort.

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