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Croatia to promote its tourism sector in Moscow on TuesdayThe traditional Croatian Tourism Day will be held in Moscow on 18 January, the Croatian National Tourist Board reported on Monday. On Tuesday, a press conference will be held on Croatia's travel industry and workers from the Croatian and Russian tourist sectors will hold meetings. In 2010, the number of Russian tourists visiting Croatia climbed by 31 percent on the year to 173,256. They made 1,473,071 overnight stays, or 34 percent up from 2009. 17.01.2011. | Page

Presentation held on cross-border cooperation in tourism between Hungary and Croatia  11.01.2011. | Page

Minister says Croatian tourism sector ready for 2011  27.12.2010. | Page

Croatia ranked 4th most successful tourist destination, according to ITB World Travel Trends Report Croatia was ranked fourth most successful tourist destination in the world in 2010 owing to an expected 7% increase of international tourist arrivals, according to the ITB World Travel Trends Report 2010/2011, made for the world travel trade show ITB in Berlin, scheduled for March 2011. Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs and the president of the association of Croatian travel agencies (UPHA), Boris Zgomba, presented the report to the press at the Tourism Ministry on Monday. Bajs said Croatia's position was excellent, even more so as the first three positions were taken my South Korea, China and Germany, the countries with growing markets. 27.12.2010. | Page

Croatia promotes its tourism in New York   16.12.2010. | Page

Bajs: Croatia's 2011 tourism measures are aligned with EU rules Croatia's measures for tourism promotion in 2011 are aligned with EU competition laws and rules and can be implemented without any problem, Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said on Tuesday. Bajs made the statement at the World Travel Market in London. He was asked by Croatian reporters to comment on Croatian press reports on whether the tourism measures for next year were in line with EU rules. The minister said that in preparing the measures the Tourism Ministry had consulted the Croatian Competition Agency (AZTN). He said that the measures had been recommended by the AZTN and that they were not treated by the agency as state aid. Bajs said that both the AZTN and the European Commission had examined the measures for 2009 and 2010 and found that everything was fine.
09.11.2010. | Page

Croatia presents its tourist industry at World Travel Market in London This year Croatia has recorded good tourism results from the British market, with a rise in the number of arrivals and overnight stays, and British tour operators have recommended Croatia as the best emerging travel destination close to Britain by giving it a Travel Agent Award. This was said by Croatian tourism officials at a press conference at the opening of one of the world's biggest tourism fairs, World Travel Market (WTM), in London on Monday. The award was received by Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs and Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) Director Niko Bulic, who said that next year, just as this, priority would be given to cooperation with tour operators and airlines. Today the HTZ published an invitation for bids for joint tourism activities for 2011 in the WTM's official publication and in several British newspapers, as part of the government's tourism action plan which aims to maintain Croatia's competitiveness on the European tourism market, Bajs said. 08.11.2010. | Page

Croatian Tourism Minister Bajs to attend World Travel Market in London A delegation of the Croatian Tourism Ministry, led by Minister Damir Bajs, traveled to London on Sunday to attend the World Travel Market (WTM), to be held on November 8-11, the Croatian Tourism Ministry said in a statement. The fair in London will officially mark the beginning of the fair season. Croatia's tourist services will be presented at the Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) stand. Minister Bajs is also scheduled to hold a number of bilateral and multilateral meetings, including those with Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov, Bosnian Assistant Tourism Minister Nedjeljko Babic and World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Secretary General Taleb Rafai. 07.11.2010. | Page

Arrivals, nights in Croatian campsites rising for 12 yrs running   07.11.2010. | Page

Croatian tourist industry aims to remain competitive in 2011 Next year Croatia wants to position itself on the international tourist market as an environmentally friendly destination and as one of the leading tourist countries in the Mediterranean, Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said at a meeting of the Tourism Council of the National Tourism Board (HTZ) on Friday. Bajs said that Croatia, as the future 28th member of the European Union, was among the first countries in Europe to have already adopted measures for tourism promotion for next year. The measures, designed in cooperation between the public and private tourism sectors, are contained in the Action Plan for 2011, which was adopted by the government at its session today. The measures were brought fully into accord with EU regulations relating to grants and competition. 05.11.2010. | Page