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First 8 months see 5% more tourist arrivals, 4% more bed nightsCroatia recorded 15.7 million tourist arrivals in the first eight months of 2018, up 5% on the year, and 88.5 million bed nights, up 4%, while 3% more arrivals and 1% more overnight stays year on year were recorded in August alone, the National Tourist Board said on Thursday. Arrivals in August were 4.6 million, while tourist nights were 32.1 million. 07.09.2018. | News

Croatia's biggest hotel company buys Hotel Petersbuehel in AustriaThe Porec-headquartered Valamar Riviera has bought the Hotel Petersbuehel in Austria's Obertauern winter resort, and thus for the first time Croatia's biggest tourism and hotel company has stepped out onto the market outside Croatia, the company's management reported on Monday. Valamar Riviera expects to conclude the business of taking over the four-star hotel within the next two months. 04.09.2018. | News

More and more Australians visiting Croatia, particularly Zagreb, DubrovnikAustralia's tourism market is more and more interested in cooperation with Croatian partners and the number of Australian visitors is growing, particularly in Zagreb and Dubrovnik, directors of the two cities' tourist boards have said. Speaking with Hina, Zagreb Tourism Board director Martina Bienenfeld said that until a year ago Croatia and Zagreb were not presented on the Australian market in a more organised fashion. 03.09.2018. | News

Reporter, mowed down in Moscow by Croatian footballers, to holiday in CroatiaA Mexican photoreporter who works for AFP, Yuri Cortez , who became known worldwide after taking close-up shots of Croatia's national football team who were celebrating goal and knocked him down after scoring a goal in the match against England and thus ensuring the finals, will be coming to Croatia for seven days the Croatian National Tourist Board reported on Wednesday. 29.08.2018. | News

Valamar Riviera most traded stock on ZSEThe stock of the Valamar Riviera tourism company was the most traded one on the Zagreb Stock Exchange (ZSE) on Tuesday, while the ZSE indices went in opposite directions. 28.08.2018. | News

European funds for joint Croatian-Slovenian tourism promotion in ChinaThe European Travel Commission (ETC) has approved funding for Croatia's and Slovenia's tourist boards for a joint promotional campaign in China under the slogan "Experience Croatia, Feel Slovenia", valued at more than 200,000, half of which will be provided by ETC, Croatia's tourist board (HTZ) said on Tuesday. 28.08.2018. | News

"Croatia Island Trophy" event to contribute to Croatia's popularity in FranceA humanitarian and sports event, called Croatia Island Trophy, with about 150 participants, public figures from France, mostly women, will be held on the islands of Brac, Hvar and Vis in October, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) has said, noting that it expects the event to contribute to Croatia's popularity as a tourist destination. 26.08.2018. | News

First national hiking festival to take place in Lika on Sept 1-2The tourism board of the central Croatian Lika-Senj County on September 1-2 organises the First Croatian Hiking Festival, to start in Gospic and Otocac. Online registration for the event, which includes two long trails - the 20-kilometre Gospic Tesla trail and the 34-kilometre Otocac Gacka trail, is possible until August 28. 25.08.2018. | News

CERP calls for binding bids for shares in Hoteli Maestral chain and Club AdriaticThe Centre for Restructuring and Sales (CERP) on Thursday advertised a public call for binding offers for the purchase of shares in the Hoteli Maestral chain as well as advertising another public call for binding bids for the purchase of business shares in the Club Adriatic tourism company. 24.08.2018. | News

Tourist season very successful, say PM and ministerSumming up results in the tourism sector so far, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said at the start of the government session on Thursday that this year's very successful tourist season would be better than last year's record season. 23.08.2018. | News