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Croatian Tourism Minister Veljko Ostojic on Wednesday visited F.re.e, one of the most important tourism fairs in Germany, at which the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) promotes Croatia's tourism.
Ostojic held talks with tourist partners from Bavaria and Germany on novelties in Croatia's tourism services and possibilities for promoting cooperation.
The Croatian minister and the director of the German cyclists' federation (ADFC), Markus Schildhauer, talked about standards for hotels for cyclists, cycling tracks and interesting cycling destinations in Croatia, the Croatian Tourism Ministry said in a press release.
Schildhauer said Germany had 35 million cyclists, adding that 80 per cent of campers from Germany bring their bicycles to their vacation destinations, adding that Croatia could explore that possibility.
F.re.e. is being held in Munich from 20 to 24 February. Croatia will be the partner country at next year's fair.

With the aim of strenghtening the competitiveness of the Croatian tourism, its more prominent development and  the active cooperation between the public and private tourism sector, the minister of tourism Mr. Veljko Ostojić has convened a meeting with the owners of the largest tourism companies in Croatia as the first gathering of the  Tourism Business Club. Setting up of the Tourism Business Club  stands for a way of  continuous, lasting and direct  two-way communication with the industry, through which topics of current interest and sector's priorities are going to be considered. At the first gathering the minister has made a referral to the key projects implemented over the last year and announced the activities in 2013. Issues on business environment, such as new development and investment models, as well as the importance of the destination management, the state of affairs in the capital market, growth and development factors, a more prominent market positioning of Croatia and more effective marketing activities  were also discussed.