ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - Croatian Tourism Minister Pave Zupan Ruskovic on Friday informed members of the parliament's tourism committee that bookings for Croatian resorts on foreign markets had begun to improve in recent weeks
following a holdback caused by the war in Iraq.
ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - Croatian Tourism Minister Pave Zupan
Ruskovic on Friday informed members of the parliament's tourism
committee that bookings for Croatian resorts on foreign markets had
begun to improve in recent weeks following a holdback caused by the
war in Iraq. #L#
Zupan Ruskovic presented the Tourist Satellite Balance, i.e. an
estimate of the effects of tourism on Croatia's economy, which
forecasts that in 2003 Croatia could earn around US$7.9 billion
from tourism.
The balance is drawn up in 161 countries and now it enables Croatia
to compare its results in tourism with those of other countries.
According to the document, last year Croatia realised around US$7
billion from tourism and this year the country is expected to earn
US$7.9 billion. That would mean an increase in the share of tourism
in Croatia's GDP to 22%, Zupan Ruskovic said.
The Tourist Satellite Balance for Croatia was put together by the
World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in co-operation with the
State Bureau of Statistics, the Croatian National Bank, and
Croatia's Tourism Ministry.
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