The session marked the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the HTZ system in Croatia.
Commenting on the good results of the tourist season, Kalmeta said that this year Croatia could expect tourism revenue exceeding last year's 6.3 billion euros, an increase of 3-5%.
The HTZ convention was preceded by a session of the HTZ Tourism Council, which pointed to problems such as a drop in the tourist turnover in Dubrovnik County, an inadequate price policy in some destinations and for some types of accommodation, and the failure to privatise some hotel companies.
HTZ Council member Pave Zupan Ruskovic said that this year's decline in the number of charter flights in Dubrovnik County by 200 would result in a drop in the tourist turnover that would be difficult to compensate for in the peak season.
Ruskovic said that the government should urgently do something to subsidise and encourage the arrival of tourists by plane to that area.
A member of the Council from Istria, Veljko Ostojic, pointed to the problem of a drop in the arrivals of German and British tourists in Istria.
As for prices, the Council pointed to the problem of excessive prices at camping sites and in the private accommodation sector, as well as to the failure to privatise hotel companies in some resorts.