ISTRIA COUNTY RECORDS MORE THAN 85 000 TOURISTS

( Editorial: --> 7653 ) PULA, Sept 2 (Hina) - Latest figures from the Istria County Tourism Association indicate that the north-western Croatian region currently has 85,600 tourists, mostly foreigners, which is 7.23 per cent more than last year. The western Istrian coastal towns of Rovinj and Porec have the highest number of visitors, followed by Funtana, Umag, Vrsar and Medulin. Poor weather in recent days has resulted in a large number of tourists leaving motor camps in Istria and the number of tourists compared to last weekend has been reduced by 44,000. Tourist workers report that most hotels in the county will remain open until the middle of September. (Hina) mbr 021652 MET sep 98