Turnover in 2007 is expected to grow by two percent and revenue by up to five percent.
Speaking about the structure of accommodation capacity, Bulic said that it was very unfavourable. Croatia has 900,000 accommodation units, of which 45 percent are privately owned, 30 percent are camp sites, only 13 percent are hotels, and seven percent are apartments, he said.
These data, provided by the national bureau of statistics, show that Croatia must make changes if it wants to be a major player in the Mediterranean tourist market, he said.
Bulic said that Croatia must increase its hotel accommodation capacity by repairing accommodation facilities that were in use before the war, supporting a sustainable program of development of small, family-run hotels, and remodelling former factories and military facilities into hotels, as well as by improving the quality of service.
Croatia has an excellent image abroad and a real chance of greater tourism growth in relation to other Mediterranean countries, Bulic said.
The Zagreb congress was organised by the Croatian Association of Hotel and Restaurant Managers.