The Zagreb-based daily reports that loyal visitors from the Czech Republic seem willing to visit Croatia for holidays this summer and that their travel agencies are working on a model that will enable safe travel for tourists and hosts.
The newspaper underscores that an association of Czech tour operators has recently sent an interesting proposal to the government in Prague, suggesting that Czech citizens who get the confirmation from the authorities that they are healthy and negative for COVID-19 be allowed to travel to destinations with low rates of the coronavirus infection, such as Croatia and Slovenia.
The association elaborates that Czechia and these two countries should then conclude agreements on setting up air or road transport corridors for healthy tourists who will be exempt from 14-day self-isolation upon their arrival in the destination or their return to their homeland.
The Czechs consider Croatia an ideal destination that meets those requirements.
The proponents of this idea highlight the fact that the number of infections in Croatia is four times lower than in Czechia.
The Jutarnji List daily notes that in this scenario Czech guests would again "rescue" the tourist season in Croatia after they helped its tourist industry during the 1990s war.
Praising the Czechs as the most loyal tourists, the daily also notes that benevolent Czech guests have never borne a grudge against Croatian hosts who used to criticise them for being thrifty and booking modest accommodation only.