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​COVID-19 cuts tourism demand, puts focus on domestic tourism, conference hearsSocial distancing will cause large declines in tourism demand, the focus will be on domestic tourism and the measures countries are introducing include vouchers for delaying instead of cancelling paid arrangements and cutting VAT in tourism and the hospitality sector, a conference heard on Thursday. 16.04.2020. | News

Capak: Foreign tourists may come only under special conditionsThe head of the Croatian Institute of Public Health, Krunoslav Capak, said on Thursday that special measures would be put in place for hotels and tourists for this year's tourist season in light of the coronavirus pandemic.  16.04.2020. | News

​HRK 600m credit line with 0% and 1.5% interes rate available to tourist businessesThe Tourism Ministry and the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR) have concluded a cooperation agreement whereby liquid assets are made available to businesses in the tourism sector through the HKR 600 million credit line which also includes interest-free loans. 16.04.2020. | News

Croatian minister says Czech tourist arrivals depend on more than one factorMinister Gari Cappelli said on Thursday that the arrival of Czech tourists in Croatia would not depend only on their wishes or on the Croatian tourism sector but also on decisions to be made by national COVID-19 crisis management teams and governments. 16.04.2020. | News

​Transport minister says his department mulling measures to support tourismSea, Transport and Infrastructure Minister Oleg Butkovic said on Thursday that his department was thinking of how to set up transport corridors to help the tourism sector following the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic. 16.04.2020. | News

​Loyal Czech tourists willing to come to Croatia for holidays despite epidemic - dailyCzech travel agencies have proposed the establishment of air and road corridors for healthy tourists who will not have to self-isolate upon arrival in Croatia or their return home, Jutarnji List daily reported on Thursday, adding that the Czechs consider Croatia epidemiologically stable. 16.04.2020. | News

​Tourist industry counts on domestic tourists once coronavirus measures are relaxedDomestic tourists cannot salvage the tourist season in Croatia because their share in the total turnover in the last two record-breaking years was about 12%, but the industry certainly counts on them once the coronavirus measures are relaxed, Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli said on Wednesday. 15.04.2020. | News

​Slovenia waiting for EU guidelines on travelSlovenia will await recommendations from the European Commission concerning their citizens' possible holiday trips abroad, and it will make a decision based on the situation in each country, the authorities said on Tuesday. 14.04.2020. | News

​Croatia records increases in tourist arrivals and overnight stays in FebruaryCroatia's commercial accommodation facilities recorded increases in tourist arrivals and overnight stays in February compared with the same month last year, of 5.4% and 11.1% respectively, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (DZS). 14.04.2020. | News

Ministry of Culture grants HRK 150,000 for archaeological excavations in OrahovicaThe Ministry of Culture has granted HRK 150,000 (€20,000) to Papuk Nature Park for archaeological excavations in the court chapel and vestry in the Ruzica Grad citadel, one of the largest preserved medieval fortified towns in Croatia, the ministry announced last week. 13.04.2020. | News