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​Tourist arrivals increase by 8%, overnight stays by 2% in Jan-Aug 2023In the first eight months of 2023, Croatia recorded an 8% increase in the number of tourist arrivals and a 2% increase in overnight stays compared with the same period in 2022, the Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) said on Tuesday. 05.09.2023. | News

​Croatian Walking Festival attracts 1,200 participants from 22 countriesThe Croatian Walking Festival is taking place for the fifth time in Gospić and Otočac in Lika County. The two-day event opened in Otočac on Saturday, with 1,200 participants from 22 countries at the start line. 03.09.2023. | News

​VL: Croatia records as many tourists as in 2019Statistics show that tourist doomsayers and Doubting Thomases were wrong, with the eVisitor information system for guest check-in and check-out showing slightly more than 16 million tourists having visited Croatia since the beginning of the year, making 87.7 million overnight stays, Večernji List daily says. 01.09.2023. | News

Minister satisfied with tourism resultsTourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac visited the Špancirfest street festival in Varaždin on Friday, saying she is satisfied with this year's tourism results and that they are in line with the government's sustainable tourism development strategy. 25.08.2023. | News

National plan for sustainable tourism adoptedThe government on Thursday adopted a national plan for sustainable tourism until 2027 and an action plan for its implementation until 2025, with Minister Nikolina Brnjac saying that nearly €1 billion is available from the EU and the state budget for implementing the measures. 24.08.2023. | News

Minister Brnjac extremely satisfied with tourist seasonTourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac said on Sunday that she was extremely satisfied with the course of this year's tourist season and that indicators of turnover in the tourist trade were at the level of the pre-pandemic 2019 which was a record-breaking year for that sector. 20.08.2023. | News

PM, tourism minister: Results of tourist season so far excellentThe course of the 2023 tourist season so far is excellent, with 14.1 million travellers and 74.5 million overnight stays having been registered since the start of the year, 8% and 3% more than in the same period of 2022, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a government session on Thursday. 17.08.2023. | News

Varaždin uses money for promotion of local fair to help flood-hit Slovenian townsThe northern Croatian city of Varaždin has decided to use the money that was to have been spent on the promotion of the local Špancirfest street festival in Ljubljana to buy dehumidifiers and donate them to Slovenian towns hit by recent disastrous floods, and the donation was handed over in Celje on Monday. 14.08.2023. | News

Minister: Tourist season results at the level of 2019This year's tourist season is at the level of the pre-pandemic, record-breaking 2019 and Croatia is now recording 12.5 million arrivals and 63 million overnight stays, Tourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac said on Sunday. 07.08.2023. | News

€3m allocated for local sports programmes and training for non-swimmersTourism and Sport Minister Nikolina Brnjac has issued a decision on the allocation of funds for co-funding local sports promotion programmes and sporting events in 2023, under which €2.63 million will be allocated for 160 programmes. 02.08.2023. | News