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Croatia ranked 20th on list of world's cleanest countries The US magazine Forbes on Saturday published a list of the world"s cleanest countries, ranked according to an index developed by Columbia and Yale Universities, with Croatia ranking 20th on the global scale and first in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With an Environmental Performance Index (EPI) score of 84.6 out of 100, Croatia takes 20th place on the list of the cleanest countries, which is topped by Switzerland and Scandinavian countries. Fourteen European countries are among the 20 cleanest. 18.04.2009. | Page

Economic Council endorses Tourism Action PlanThis year"s Tourism Action Plan envisages a seasonal lifting of visa requirements for Russia and Ukraine, relieving the sector from quasi-taxes to the Croatian Composers" Society and Croatian Radio and Television as well as from monument annuity, stated the Minister of Tourism Damir Bajs on Wednesday. Bajs said the Government could discuss the Plan as early as tomorrow and that the Plan was already being developed on the ministerial and other levels. 08.04.2009. | Page

CroTour tourism fair to be held on 1-5 April The international tourism fair CroTour 2009, to be held at the Zagreb Trade Fair Centre on 1-5 April, will attract 272 exhibitors from 25 countries, which is more than last year, the organizers of the event said at a news conference on Monday.
The fair will feature tourist services from Croatia and 24 other countries, including Thailand, the United States, Spain, Hungary, Bosnia-Herzegovina, France, Belgium, Monaco, Turkey, Serbia and Slovenia.30.03.2009. | Page

Croatia Boat Show opens in Split Tourism Minister Damir Bajs opened in the southern seaport of Split on Saturday the 11th international Croatia Boat Show, at which 1,355 exhibitors are showing some 450 boats, including about 30 sailboats.
The fair was organized by the Profectus Company and is open until April 5.
"When many fairs around the world are closing because of the coming economic crisis, this boat fair is being organized in Split and will prompt guests from around the world to arrive in Split aboard some 200 private planes. Fifty thousand visitors are expected at the fair which, with extensive media coverage, is an important promotion of Croatia as a tourist destination," said Bajs.28.03.2009. | Page

Croatia among top three non-EU travel destinations for EU residentsCroatia is among top three tourist destination outside the European Union for EU residents this year, according to a special report of Eurobarometer.
A total of 48 percent of EU residents plan to spend their summer vacation this year in their own country. The most attractive destinations are Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Greece and Great Britain.
Of the destinations outside the EU, the most visited are the United States, Turkey and Croatia, according to the survey that the European Commissioner published last week.22.03.2009. | Page

Croatian tourism – ready to undertake efforts to attract each single guestCroatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs has said that the national tourism industry will see a decrease this year, but he is confident that the decrease will not be above the three percent forecast by the U. N. World Tourism Organization for the Euro-zone.
Minister Bajs clearly stated that the final result would depend only on our own efforts and, of course, on the economic situation in the countries which are the homeland of Croatia’s foreign tourists, i.e. the global recession and the potential drop of various currencies. He also informed everyone that the first tourist results regarding January/February 2009 were showing positive tendencies and said that Croatian tourism was not so much in need of recovery, but in the need of stabilization.20.03.2009. | Page

Minister hopes Croatia's results in tourist trade to be the same as last year'sThis year Croatia will try to repeat last year"s results in tourism despite the fact that 2009 will be a very difficult and uncertain year for global tourism, Croatian Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said at a news conference on Wednesday, the first day of the ITB Berlin (11 to 15 March), a leading travel trade show in the world.
Speaking of Croatia"s advantages, the minister cited its vicinity to Germany, good motorways, beautiful scenery, safety and a relatively good value-service ratio.
He admitted that the global crisis could produce adverse effects for the Croatian tourist trade.11.03.2009. | Page