55 000 TOURISTS ENTER CROATIA SINCE LAST NIGHT

( Editorial: --> 8466 ) PASJAK/RUPA, July 18 (Hina) - During last night and today about 55,000 foreign tourists entered Croatia via the country's busiest border crossings Pasjak and Rupa, according to border police officers. Most of the guests are from Austria, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. The entering traffic on these border crossings is running smoothly, through four to eight personal vehicle lanes and one bus lane, and the waiting time is just above five minutes. According to the border police officers of the neighbouring countries, heavy traffic on the Croatian border can also be expected this afternoon and tonight. There are occasional traffic jams on the busier intersections in the Rijeka area, and the waiting time for ferries that commute to the Gulf of Kvarner islands is one to three hours. (Hina) is /mbr 181431 MET jul 98