Presenting Opatija, Mayor Amir Muzur said this city was the centre of northern Adriatic's congress tourism and a place of elite health tourism.
Karlovy Vary Mayoress Veronika Vlkova recalled that this city in the Czech Republic's northwest, established by Charles IV in the 14th century, has 16 thermal springs where the water temperature is 72 degrees Celsius and is also known for its film and tourism film festival.
Attending the conference was Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, who together with Muzur and Vlkova unveiled a memorial plaque to Prague's first mayor after WWI, Karol Baxi, who had married a resident of Opatija.