ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - The interest of German travel agencies for Croatia's tourist offer has improved considerably following this year's tourism fair ITB in Berlin. A 15 per cent increase in visits is expected this year, head of
the Croatian Tourist Association (HTZ) stand and director of the Crikvenica tourist community, Zdenko Ivancic, said on Monday. Germans have shown interest primarily in vacationing in Istria and the Kvarner region (northern Adriatic coast). They are less interested in Dalmatian destinations, while requests for Dubrovnik have been reduced to the minimum due to the crisis in Kosovo. German tourists mainly complain about poor roads in Croatia, which they call "the Russian roulette". "Some 40 German journalists attended a news conference held on Saturday. They were very well acquainted with Croatia's tourist offer and the German press has already published ve
ZAGREB, March 8 (Hina) - The interest of German travel agencies for
Croatia's tourist offer has improved considerably following this
year's tourism fair ITB in Berlin. A 15 per cent increase in visits
is expected this year, head of the Croatian Tourist Association
(HTZ) stand and director of the Crikvenica tourist community,
Zdenko Ivancic, said on Monday.
Germans have shown interest primarily in vacationing in Istria and
the Kvarner region (northern Adriatic coast). They are less
interested in Dalmatian destinations, while requests for Dubrovnik
have been reduced to the minimum due to the crisis in Kosovo.
German tourists mainly complain about poor roads in Croatia, which
they call "the Russian roulette".
"Some 40 German journalists attended a news conference held on
Saturday. They were very well acquainted with Croatia's tourist
offer and the German press has already published very favourable
articles about Croatia. The conference was beyond all expectations
and it improved the negative impression created at last year's
tourism fair CBR in Munich", Ivancic said.
(hina) rml