PARIS, Nov 10 (Hina) - Croatian Tourism Minister Ivan Herak holds that there were real possibilities for the return of the Croatian tourist offer to the French market. Herak, who on Tuesday night attended a presentation of
Gallirmard's guide "Croatia" in Paris, also held talks with a group of presidents or directors of several French tour-operators. "I am very satisfied with the talks," Herak said Wednesday. "France can again become a very important tourist market for us, similar to Britain's, especially in extending the chief tourist season, in the period before and after the peak of the season," Herak said. He said that some 15 years ago, about 500,000 guests arrived in Croatia for vacations from France, and this year, according to data for the first nine months of this year, there wee ten times less. According to Herak, working meetings had been agreed on with some tour-operators, soon to be org
PARIS, Nov 10 (Hina) - Croatian Tourism Minister Ivan Herak holds
that there were real possibilities for the return of the Croatian
tourist offer to the French market.
Herak, who on Tuesday night attended a presentation of Gallirmard's
guide "Croatia" in Paris, also held talks with a group of presidents
or directors of several French tour-operators.
"I am very satisfied with the talks," Herak said Wednesday.
"France can again become a very important tourist market for us,
similar to Britain's, especially in extending the chief tourist
season, in the period before and after the peak of the season,"
Herak said.
He said that some 15 years ago, about 500,000 guests arrived in
Croatia for vacations from France, and this year, according to data
for the first nine months of this year, there wee ten times less.
According to Herak, working meetings had been agreed on with some
tour-operators, soon to be organised by the Croatian tourist office
in Paris.
efforts will be exerted to, together with air transport companies,
find more acceptable financial arrangements for the visit of French
guests to Croatia by this year's Christmas holidays, Herak said.
He added that some French business people had expressed interest in
investing into Croatian tourism.
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