Montenegro Tourism Initiative

Montenegro tourism campaign seen as strike against tourism in Croatia

A new campaign to attract tourists to Montenegro, under the motto “99 euro for 10 days” is seen as a marketing trick and a strike against tourism in Croatia, according to Croatian media.

Croatia Tourism

Croatia's tourist numbers shrink slightly

ZAGREB — Croatia's key tourist sector, weakened by the economic crisis, shrank slightly in the first 10 months of the year from activity in the same period of last year, official data showed on Wedn

Croatia

Croatian leading hotelier's revenue rising despite crisis

ZAGREB - Croatia's leading hotelier, Valamar VLHO.ZA, sees revenues rising 7 percent this year, with hotel upgrades helping it buck the global sector downturn that has dented tourism worldwide, a comp

Croatia

Pumpkin festival could draw Halloween tourists

Halloween fans searching for the perfect break this month may want to consider Croatia, where a pumpkin festival will be held on October 30th and 31st.

Medical Tourism Development In Croatia

Croatia wants its share of medical tourism market

RIJEKA, Croatia - Maria Giudita Coffen did not mind driving for three hours to get her teeth fixed at half price in Croatia.

Train Traveling From Zagreb To Split

Croatia train derails, killing 6

A two-car, high-speed train carrying about 90 passengers derailed near the village of Rudine in southern Croatia today, Friday, July 24, killing six people and injuring at least 55, officials said.

Tour Guiding in Europe

ETOA makes statement on tourist guides in Croatia 


The tourism authorities in Croatia had expressed concern that unqualified and untrained “guides” were operating in the cruise ports and other heritage sites.

Croatia

Bomb blast in Croatia injures two tourists

SIBENIK, Croatia - Croatian police said three people were injured, two of them tourists, when a bomb exploded on the waterfront in the central Adriatic port town of Sibenik.

Croatia

Croatia launches summer tourist drive

ZAGREB — Croatia launched a drive Tuesday to promote itself as a summer tourist destination in the hope of minimising losses in the crucial sector caused by the global economic crisis.

Croatia

Croatia complains about tourist warning

ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia Thursday protested a warning issued by Britain's Foreign Office that tourists visiting Croatia be aware of threats from organized crime.

Slovenia Tourism

Figures: fewer foreign guests, more guests from Slovenia

In the first two months of 2009, there were 3 percent fewer arrivals of tourists in Slovenian accommodation facilities and 2 percent fewer nights spent than in the first two months of last year, the S

Croatia Tourism

Croatia is calling

Leading US tour operators call Croatia one of the top destinations for 2009. This comes after December’s USTOA conference held in Palm Desert, California on Dec 3-5.

Croatia

Porn shock for tourists

Computer pranksters in Croatia hacked into tourism board computers and downloaded porno movies onto a town centre information screen.

Croatia

At least 14 tourists killed in Croatia bus crash

Television news reports say a bus carrying mostly elderly Slovakian tourists crashed on a Croatian highway, killing at least 14 people and injuring 30.

Eastern Europe's Food Fight

Croatia riles Czech tourists with food ban

Packing up the Skoda with the kids and heading for the Croatian coast has long been an established part of the Czech summer. And to equip a family with the right ingredients for the much-favoured low-budget self-catering break the car boot is invariably stuffed with plenteous supplies of Czech staples such as sausages, beer, bread, tinned meat ... read more

Croatia

Croatia bans tourists from bringing own food

ZAGREB - Croatia has banned foreign tourists from bringing their own meat and dairy products into the country in order to meet EU rules on food safety.

Gordan Jerbic, head of the veterinary section at Croatia's agriculture ministry, told Reuters on Monday the ban took effect on June 1 and was passed in line with European Union ... read more

Mid East

Eastern Med tourism from Australia bring good news

The media including the travel industry media tends to have an almost obsessive focus on negative stories from the Eastern Med including the conflict between Israel and the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip and the internal problem in Lebanon. While these problems are very real there remains a lot of positive news.

Australia

Eastern Mediterranean: A top pick for Australians

The media including the travel industry media, tends to have an almost obsessive focus on negative stories from the Eastern Med including the conflict between Israel and the Hamas dominated Gaza Strip and the internal problem in Lebanon. While these problems are very real there remains a lot of positive news.

Serbia

Serbia faces months of instability and stark choice

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia faces renewed uncertainty on Monday under a caretaker government which will lead the country into its most important election since voters ended the era of the late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic

A deep division over the importance of Kosovo versus future European Union membership killed off the 10-month-old ... read more

Croatia tourism

Croatian tourism update

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