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Croatia's tourism presented at Ferienmesse in ViennaThe National Tourism Board is presenting Croatia's tourism services at the biggest international tourism fair in Austria Ferienmesse, which is being held in Vienna on January 10 to 13. Croatia is one of the most popular destinations at the fair. 12.01.2019. | News

Croatia records 18% increase in tourist bed-nights in NovemberCroatia recorded 372,000 tourist arrivals and 781,000 bed-nights in November 2018, which are increases of 21 and 17.9 percent respectively over November 2017, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS). In the year to November, 18.3 million tourist arrivals and 88.9 million bed-nights were registered, up by 7 and 3.9 percent compared with the same period in the previous year. 10.01.2019. | News

​Zagreb sees 11pct increase in tourist arrivals during December holidaysDuring the Christmas and New Year holidays, namely between November 30 and January 6, Zagreb welcomed 140,633 tourists, or 11% more than in 2017, the Zagreb tourism office reported on Wednesday. Tourists in Zagreb generated 271,244 overnights. 09.01.2019. | News

​Split records two-digit rise in tourist trade in 2018Over 860,000 holiday makers visited the second largest Croatian city of Split in 2018, making more than 2.5 million overnight stays, which was respectively 18% and 16% more than in 2017, the local tourist board said in a press release on Wednesday. 09.01.2019. | News

Varazdin County sees tourist bed nights increase by almost 20%Last year Croatia's northwestern Varazdin County posted the best tourism results in the last eight years after seeing the number of bed nights increase by 19.45 percent since 2017 to nearly 170,000. 08.01.2019. | News

​Croatia records 13% more tourists during Christmas and New Year holidaysOver 159,000 tourists visited Croatia during the Christmas and New Year holidays, generating 385,500 bed nights, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Wednesday. 02.01.2019. | News

​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