TOWN OF HVAR THIS SUMMER REGAINS PRE-WAR TOURIST SUCCESS

HVAR, Aug 21 (Hina) - The town of Hvar, on the central Adriatic island of the same name, this summer regained its pre-war tourist success. The town is presently accommodating 7,000 foreign and domestic tourists, which is the highest number of visitors in the past seven years. The 2,400 beds of the Suncani Hvar Hotel have been full for the last two months. Private accommodation is also satisfactory. Hvar daily welcomes numerous boats and yachts. Two-hundred are currently docked in the harbour. Many businessmen and diplomats from around the world are spending their summer holidays in Hvar this year as well. The whole island of Hvar is at the moment accommodating some 15,000 guests, mostly Italians, Austrians, Germans and Slovenes. (hina) ha jn 211441 MET aug 97