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Minister reiterates his satisfaction with course of high seasonCroatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said in Dubrovnik on Friday that despite gloomy predictions of a two-digit downturn, the number of arrivals and overnight stays in the first seven months of this year was five percent and three percent down respectively compared to the same period of last year. Bajs did not hide his satisfaction with the fact that those figures evidenced Croatia's better performance in tourist trade in relation to other Mediterranean countries. The ministry's action plan and intensified promotion of the national tourist trade have contributed to the successful course of the high season, said Bajs and other participants in a meeting of the ministry's task force coordinating activities in this year's tourist season.
21.08.2009. | Page

Rest areas in Croatia receive high marks
20.08.2009. | Page

Tourism minister says past five consecutive weekends saw record arrivals
19.08.2009. | Page

PM believes that tourist season will be successful

Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who on Friday chaired a session of the government's task group for activities in tourism in 2009, said that she was optimistic about the completion of this year's tourist season and that preparations for the next high season could start. I would like to thank task group members and all employees in the tourist trade for their contribution to what I will define as a successful season, Kosor said at the group's session in the coastal town of Biograd na Moru. Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said that the last four weekends had seen record high arrivals and overnight stays and that the downturn was being slowly reversed.
 

14.08.2009. | Page

Tourism ministry co-funds stay of foreign police during summer season in Croatia Tourism Minister Damir Bajs on Tuesday signed a contract on the ministry"s grant of HRK 200,000 for a HRK 1.5 million project of the international police cooperation in Croatian coastal resorts during the high season. So far, the Interior Ministry donated also HRK 200,000 for this purpose. During the contract-signing ceremony in the Istrian coastal town of Poreč it was reported that in July and August this year, 53 foreign police officers from Austria, Germany, France, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are being deployed. They are expected to help their fellow-countrymen spending summer holidays in Croatia.11.08.2009. | Page

Tourism minister says arrivals down 5%, overnight stays down 3% Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said on Friday that in the first seven months of this year tourist arrivals and overnight stays had dropped five and three percent respectively, which he said was not bad in comparison to other Mediterranean countries. In the first seven months of this year, 5.3 million tourists vacationed on the Croatian Adriatic coast, a 5% drop from the same period of last year. They generated 29.7 million overnight stays, a 3% drop from last year, Bajs said at a news conference in the national park Krka. In July, Croatia saw 2.5 million tourist arrivals, a 3% decrease in relation to July 2008. Overnight stays also dropped by three percent to 17.7 million.
07.08.2009. | Page

First passenger ship sails in Osijek Harbor after 90 years The first cruise ship has sailed into the northern Croatian city of Osijek after nearly 90 years on Monday. There are nearly 150 passengers on board the Amadeus Diamond, mostly from the United States and Europe, sailing along the Danube River. The ship started the cruise in Vienna, Austria with stops in Budapest, Kalocsa, Osijek, Croatia, Belgrade, Kostolac, Rousse, Hirsova, and Bucharest. (Hina)
20.07.2009. | Page

Officials say high season turning for better The tourist season is developing according to forecasts and the tourist sector believes that the high season will turn for the better so that the results from June, July and August will cover the minuses from the previous months, officials of the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) said at the board's convention in Zagreb on Friday. In case that the downturn in the tourist trade is between 5 and 10 percent this year, it will still be regarded successful against the backdrop of the global economic crisis, the convention heard.
03.07.2009. | Page

Tourist arrivals in Croatia on decrease, but better than in other countries, says minister BajsCurrent bookings for the peak tourist season in Croatia are on the rise, even though they have not reached last year's level, and the highest numbers of bookings refer to high quality accommodation, private accommodation and marines, Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said at a news conference on Tuesday, at which a new promotional campaign for the tourism sector was launched. Recalling that this year's main goal was ‘to be more successful than the competition’, Bajs said that the latest available data, those for the first four months of this year, showed that tourist arrivals in Croatia were six percent down. However, according to currently available data, the decrease in arrivals is much bigger in other countries which represent Croatia’s competition in the area of tourism industry (f.ex. Greece, France, Italy, Montnegro).
09.06.2009. | Page