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Czech Oscar-winning director to make promotional films about Croatia Czech film-maker, theatre director and screenwriter Jiri Menzel will most probably direct a series of promotional films about Croatia which should be used for advertising Croatia's national tourist trade in 2010. This Czech Oscar-winner and Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs informed a news conference recently that they had in principle agreed on making promotional films for Croatian tourism. Menzel said that this would be a very interesting adventure for him, as he had not made films of this kind so far.
25.10.2009. | Page

Hotel sector sees profitability decline in 2009, expects growth in 2010 Profitability in the Croatian hotel sector continued to fall in 2009, and the decrease is estimated to reach 15 percent by the end of this year. Despite these trends and forecasts about the tough 2010 year, 35 leading Croatian hotel companies expect a 5-percent rise in demand and overnight stays and a 10-percent rise in their income next year. These estimates, based on studies and analyses conducted by the Institute for Tourism and the Croatian Association of Hoteliers were presented by an Institute researcher, Neven Ivandic, at a forum of hoteliers held within the Croatian Tourism Days in Bol on the island of Brac on 21-23 October.
25.10.2009. | Page

PM Kosor congratulates tourism sector for well done job this season Addressing the closing ceremony of the Croatian Tourism Days in Bol on the island of Brac on Friday evening, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor described the tourist trade as one of pillars of the Croatian economy, as evidenced by the last tourist season.
She called for even more efforts to be invested in preparations for the next season.
The premier congratulated Tourism Minister Damir Bajs and the head of the Croatian National tourist Board (HTZ), Niko Bulic, and all other employees in this sector for what she said a well-done job this season.
24.10.2009. | Page

Northern Velebit National Park receives European Destination of Excellence 2009 award
15.10.2009. | Page

Minister says tourist season successful with 55.2 mln nights from January through SeptemberCroatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs and the director of the National Tourist Board's main office, Niko Bulić, on Saturday presented the results of this year's tourist season through September, stressing they were successful. The tourist season, which in terms of nights through September has reached 96 percent of the record tourism turnover of 2008, is still giving results which are more than good, says a Tourism Ministry report which Bajs and Bulić presented at Plitvice Lakes National Park. There were 55.2 million nights from January through September this year, up nearly half a million from the same time period in 2008, and this September alone saw a record high 6.2 million nights, it was said.
10.10.2009. | Page

Croatian tourism minister issues message ahead of World Tourism Day Tourism Minister Damir Bajs issued a message on Saturday to mark this year’s World Tourism Day, which is observed on September 27.

Noting that this year's theme was "Tourism - Celebrating Diversity", Bajs expressed hope that all areas of Croatia would become aware of how their diversity was valuable and interesting.

Fortunate for us, diversity is at the core of tourism's appeal and it is its future, Bajs said, adding that apart from the city walls of Dubrovnik and Plitvice Lakes, Croatians should also take pride in the plains of Slavonia as their breadbasket, the craggy mountains inland from the coast and an invaluable wealth of gastronomy and customs.
26.09.2009. | Page

TOURIST SEASON IN THE BLACK THANKS TO TOURIST NIGHTSThe first eight months of this year saw more than 49 million tourist nights, up 0.2 per cent from the same time period in 2008, Croatian Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor said in the northern Adriatic resort of Opatija on Tuesday. Tourist boards' initial data for August point to an increase in tourist arrivals and nights, and for the first time the entire season is in the black thanks to tourist nights, Kosor said at a session of a commission coordinating and monitoring activities in tourism this year.
08.09.2009. | Page

Tourism minister says additional incentives to be considered Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs, National Tourist Board director Niko Bulic, and local city and tourism officials met in the southern Adriatic resort of Dubrovnik on Saturday to discuss the preparation of this coastal area for the 2010 tourist season. Speaking to the press after the closed meeting, Bajs said the Tourism Ministry would consider introducing additional incentives aimed at prolonging tourist stays to seven days or more.
29.08.2009. | Page

Slovak and Croatian police satisfied with tourist safety project
28.08.2009. | Page

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