CROATIA EXPECTS OVER NINE BILLION KUNA IN TOURIST REVENUES

ZAGREB, Oct 17 (Hina) - The Croatian Government on Thursday sent a bill on political and social associations to Parliament for consideration. In explanation of the bill, Administration Minister Davorin Mlakar said that the socially-owned real estate, used by socio- political organizations during Communist rule, would first become the ownership of the state and within one year from the entry into force of this bill and under criteria set by Parliament, it would be destributed to successor associations. The Government accepted a proposal that the associations of ethnic and national minorities should be granted the right of succession to the real estate that had previously used. Among them were the Serb cultural society "Prosvjeta" and the real estate of the Italian minority. Tourism Minister Niko Bulic said that Croatia was expecting between nine and ten billion kuna in tourist revenues this year, adding that up to 13 billion kuna could be expected next year. (hina) vm mm 171836 MET oct 96