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Council calls on gov't to continue jobkeeping support in tourism sectorThe Social Council for Tourism supports the government's measures designed to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the business sector, but notes that for jobs in the tourism sector to be saved, it is necessary for the measures to continue, the Croatian Employers Association (HUP) Tourism Sector said on Friday. 15.05.2020. | News

No cancellation of bookings for July, Aug and SeptMinister Gari Cappelli said on Thursday that for the time being  there were no cancellations of bookings for July, August and September, which also reflected on the fact that there was no general price cutting. 14.05.2020. | News

Minister: We want to launch tourism without underestimating risk of infectionCroatia wants to launch tourism without underestimating the risk of infection and its authorities have been in contact with European institutions and neighbouring countries whose citizens vacation in Croatia, the head of the National Civil Protection Authority, Davor Bozinovic, said on Wednesday. 13.05.2020. | News

Maistra's 3 hotels open, other facilities to reopen with eased travel restrictionsThe Maistra Hospitality Group has been the only hospitality company to have its three hotels opened during the COVID-19 lockdown in Croatia, and it is going to reopen its remaining facilities, primarily campsites in Rovinj and Vrsar, as soon as the borders are open. 13.05.2020. | News

PM says European Commission's tourism package extremely importantCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday that the documents on tourism and transport adopted by the European Commission were extremely important, and that the discussion about them had been initiated by Croatia and him personally. 13.05.2020. | News

EC issues guidelines to gradually lift travel restrictionsThe European Commission on Wednesday issued a recommendation to gradually lift travel restrictions between EU countries  or areas with similar epidemiological situations in an effort to salvage what can be salvaged of this year's tourism season. 13.05.2020. | News

Croatia sees 99% fewer tourists in April than last yearThere were 9,500 tourists in Croatia in April 2020, generating 392,000 overnight stays, which is a drop of 99 and 88 percent on the year respectively, according to data from eVisitor and the Croatian National Tourist Board. 13.05.2020. | News

Slovenia says still a lot of work after Croatian border opensSlovenia has reacted with some reservation to expectations by its citizens regarding the opening of Croatia's border to EU citizens for business or urgent personal reasons, warning that a lot of things have to be resolved before Slovenian tourists and owners of holiday houses can travel to Croatia. 13.05.2020. | News

Leading German touroperators, airlines want to bring Germans to CroatiaLeading German touroperators, including the largest, TUI, are interested in generating a part of the season in Croatia which is among those destinations for which Germany could reopen sales for the summer season, including airline packages, Croatia's National Tourist Board said on Tuesday. 12.05.2020. | News

30 pct of last year's tourism this year, says Tourist BoardThe opening of hospitality establishments in Croatia has relaunched tourist-hospitality activities and it is expected that about 30% of last year's turnover will be achieved by year's end, a meeting of the Tourism Council of the Croatian National Tourism Board (HTZ) said on Monday, as reported by the Tourism Ministry. 11.05.2020. | News