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Plenković: Money from EC will boost growth and developmentThe money that the European Commission on Tuesday disbursed to Croatia is the biggest amount ever paid into the Croatian budget by a foreign institution and it will help us head in the direction of growth and development, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković told a press conference after a meeting of the parliamentary majority. 28.09.2021. | News

Brnjac: Tourist sector preparing for 2022On the occasion of World Tourism Day, marked on 27 September, Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac said on Monday that she had met with the task group for the recovery and development of tourism and that apart from this season's good results, they also discussed preparations for the next tourism season. 27.09.2021. | News

Scientists call for concrete action plan to protect AdriaticA group of Croatian scientists has issued a public letter underlining the importance of adopting an agenda or a specific action plan for the protection of the Adriatic Sea, vital for the sustainable development of the Croatian society, and their appeal was forwarded by the Eko Kvarner NGO on Sunday.  26.09.2021. | News

MDC says summer stopped decline in museum visitor numbersA poll by the Zagreb-based Museum Documentation Centre (MDC) covering five Croatian museums which in recent years had the largest number of visitors shows that the two peak months of this tourist season have stopped a steep decline in the number of museum visitors caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 25.09.2021. | News

Lošinj hosting first int'l testing of eco-tourism product footprintSelect foreign experts, gathered around the international project InterregDestiMed Plus, are evaluating a new eco-tourism package tour and testing its sustainability on the northern Adriatic island of Lošinj, which is the first such international test in Croatia. 25.09.2021. | News

European Week of Sport kicks off in ZagrebThe European Week of Sport, initiated by the European Commission to promote sport and physical activity among citizens, began in downtown Zagreb on Thursday and will last until 30 September, nationally coordinated by the Tourism and Sport Ministry. 23.09.2021. | News

ETC president: Risk of tourism travel should be on individuals not countriesEuropean Travel Commission (ETC) president Luis Araujo said in Dubrovnik on Thursday that in the present pandemic conditions that are challenging to European tourism the risk of travel should be on the individual and not on countries. 23.09.2021. | News

Net loss of tourism, catering sector in 2020 HRK 3.4bn​The tourism and catering sector in Croatia grew in the period from 2004 to 2020 in almost all aspects, from income to the number of employees, but 2020 saw a decline due to the coronavirus pandemic, with businesses reporting a total net loss of HRK 3.4 billion. 23.09.2021. | News

Ryanair to operate 24 flights from Zagreb to European destinations in winterThe low-cost airline Ryanair will operate 24 flights between Zagreb and European destinations in 16 countries as part of its winter timetable, and in December its Zagreb base will introduce a third aircraft, expecting around one million passengers by summer 2022, CEO Michael O'Leary said on Tuesday. 21.09.2021. | News

Three Croatian municipalities nominated for UNWTO "Best Tourism Villages" awardThe municipalities of Kaštelir-Labinci, Motovun and Veliko Trojstvo are the Croatian nominees for the "Best Tourism Villages" award, launched in May this year by the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) as a pilot-project designed to promote the role of rural tourism. 19.09.2021. | News