CRO. TOURISM EMPLOYEES MEET FOREIGN TOURISM JOURNALISTS

DUBROVNIK, Aug 26 (Hina) - Tourism employees of southern Croatia's Dubrovnik-Neretva County on Friday evening held a meeting with the leaders of FIJET, the world-wide organisation of tourism- journalists from more than 30 national organisations from four continents, and OMJET, the organisation of tourism-journalists from Mediterranean countries. "In the process of globalisation, it is through tourism that small states like Croatia best affirm their identity, culture, and tradition," said Niko Bulic, director of the Head Office of the Croatian Board of Tourism, who hosted the meeting. "In affirming those value, tourism journalists are especially important," he reminded. Bulic acquainted the foreign journalists with the possibilities of Croatia's tourism and tourist offer. They were also shown Baldo Cupic's "Dubrovnik Views of Beauty", Croatia's most-awarded tourism film which is to open the prestigious tourism film festival in Karlovy Vary and be shown in New York next January. Attending the meeting were FIJET secretary-general Don Bonhaus and vice president Miguel Angel Gercia Brera, and OMJET vice president Jose Louis Yzaguirre. (hina) ha