HRT & TOURISM MINISTRY SIGN AGREEMENT ON TOURISM PROMOTION ( Editorial: --> 2705 )

( Editorial: --> 2705 ) ZAGREB, 21 Nov (Hina) - The Croatian Tourism Ministry and Croatian Radio Television (HRT) on Friday signed an agreement on cooperation in promoting Croatian tourism abroad via satellite television. The agreement was signed by Tourism Minister Sergej Morsan and HRT General Director Ivica Mudrinic, in the presence of Premier Zlatko Matesa. Under the agreement, HRT is to broadcast via its satellite television program panoramic pictures from certain tourist locations on the Adriatic coast and inland Croatia. The program will be broadcast every day before the beginning of regular HRT programs. The panoramic pictures will be accompanied by data on weather conditions, air and water temperature, number of sunny hours, atmospheric pressure, wind, etc. Premier Matesa announced that the broadcasting would start next Easter. The project includes the promotion of the coastal towns of Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Zadar, Opatija and Pula, the island of Hvar, Plitvice lakes, Krapina and Bizovac spas. The first stage of the project will be financed by the Tourism Ministry with three million kuna (US$500,000) and by HRT with 599,000 kuna (US$99,800). (hina) jn rm 211545 MET nov 97