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Air Baltik to start direct flights to Dubrovnik in early JulyThe biggest Baltic airline Air Baltik is preparing to launch the first direct seasonal flights to Croatia, connecting Vilnius and Dubrovnik, to start on July  6, the Croatian Tourism Ministry has said. 17.06.2020. | News

Cappelli says EU countries to pay if their tourists become infected with COVID-19By week's end it should be known who will pay for hospital costs incurred if a tourist becomes infected with coronavirus, however, if visitors are from the EU, their countries will help too, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said on Tuesday in Split, where he signed a HRK 75 million grant agreement for a centre of competence. 16.06.2020. | News

Abolishment of Krk bridge toll officially markedThere will no longer be a bridge toll as of Monday, 15 June, on the bridge to Krk island and reconstruction work on the bridge, worth HRK 44.6 million, was announced at an official ceremony by Transport and Infrastructure Minister Oleg Butkovic and Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli. 15.06.2020. | News

115,000 tourists vacationing in CroatiaTourism Minister Gari Cappelli said on Sunday the number of tourists was rising by the day and that 115,000 were currently staying in Croatia, about 20% of their number at the same time last year, and that Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Zadar were the most visited counties. 14.06.2020. | News

4,000 tickets for Prague-Rijeka train sold in one evening - newspaperCzechs seem to be very interested in spending their summer holidays in Croatia this year, judging by sales of train tickets, Jutarnji List daily says in its Saturday edition. 13.06.2020. | News

Capak unveils details of protocol for foreign tourists in case of COVID-19 infectionThe director of the Croatian Public Health Institute, Krunoslav Capak, on Friday unveiled details of the protocol for foreign tourists in Croatia in the event of their infection with the new COVID-19 coronavirus. 12.06.2020. | News

Ministers: Travel in EU should be restored gradually, cautiouslyFreedom of movement and restoring travel in the EU should be implemented gradually and cautiously in order to avoid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, member states' foreign ministers agreed on Thursday. 12.06.2020. | News

EC: Internal border controls to be lifted by 15 June, for W. Balkans by 1 JulyThe European Commission on Thursday recommended lifting internal border controls in the Schengen Area by 15 June, opening external border for Southeast European countries as of 1 July, and gradually opening external borders for other third-country citizens in line with their epidemiological situation. 11.06.2020. | News

Hotel Rixos Premium Dubrovnik opens doors after HRK 150 mn investmentThe luxury hotel Rixos Premium Dubrovnik opened its doors on Wednesday following eight months of intensive reconstruction, an investment of HRK 150 million, the largest investment this year in tourism in Dubrovnik, the hotel said. 10.06.2020. | News

Milanovic: We are weak in exports, tourism is pulling us outPresident Zoran Milanovic said on Wednesday that Croatia stood poorly with regard to commodity exports and that it was partially being saved by exporting services, i.e. by its tourism. 10.06.2020. | News