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HBOR extends moratoriums on loan repayments until 30 SeptemberThe Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) has extended moratoriums on loan repayments for all clients for seven months or until 30 September, while moratoriums for clients from the tourism sector have been extended for 16 months or until 30 June 2021, the bank announced on Thursday. 02.07.2020. | News

UNCTAD: Croatia among three countries hardest hit by tourism dropThe world’s tourism sector could lose at least $1.2 trillion, or 1.5% of the global GDP, due to a standstill of nearly four months caused by the coronavirus pandemic, UNCTAD says in its latest report, and Croatia is among the countries whose GDP might suffer the most from tourism losses. 02.07.2020. | News

520 Czech, Slovak tourists arrive in Rijeka by trainThe first 520 visitors from Prague arrived in the northern Adriatic port city of Rijeka aboard a new railway line on Wednesday, thus symbolically marking the return of Czech and Slovak tourists to Croatia. 01.07.2020. | News

Nearly 1,000 hotels and campsites reopened in CroatiaCurrently, 644 hotels and 344 campsites are open in Croatia, and more and more tourist accommodation facilities are reopening their doors to guests from day to day, according to information provided in the latest bulletin of the Croatian Tourism Association (HUT) on Weddnesday. 01.07.2020. | News

Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management awarded UNWTO quality certificateThe World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has awarded the quality certificate "UNWTO.TedQual" to the Opatija-based Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management for the period from 2020 to 2024, the Tourism Ministry has said. 01.07.2020. | News

Croatia's H1 tourist trade equal to 30% of trade in same period 2019In the first six months of 2020, there were 1.6 million tourists visiting Croatia and generating 7.6 million overnight stays, which is 30% of the results in the corresponding period in 2019, according to the figures released by the he National Tourist Board (HTZ). 01.07.2020. | News

Over €20m available to Croatian companies under Norwegian development programmeMore than €20 million is available to the Croatian private sector under the Norwegian programme Business Development and Innovation Croatia, the Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) said on Tuesday. 30.06.2020. | News

Bozinovic: List of 15 countries for open borders to include to Bosnia and HerzegovinaEU member states will on Wednesday open their borders to 15 countries, including Serbia and Montenegro, while Croatia has added Bosnia and Herzegovina, Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said on Tuesday, adding that there were fewer new cases of COVID-19 in Bosnia than in Serbia and the decision is in Croatia's economics interest. 30.06.2020. | News

Minister attends presentation of rescue vesselCroatian Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli on Monday attended a presentation of the rescue vessel Nis Randers, procured by the Opatija-based LRH hotel company and donated for use by the local community in the areas of Opatija and Kvarner. 29.06.2020. | News

FM: Croatia will honour EC recommendations on opening border with BosniaCroatia will honour the European Commission's recommendations on the opening of the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina in line with the epidemiological situation, Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman said on Monday 29.06.2020. | News