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A tourist guide on the mobile phone display

Erschienen in: Croatia,Dalmatia,Tourism
Erschienen am: 27.11.2008

Although the sales of printed guides have been flourishing with the growth in the number of travelers and an increasing diversification of their interests, modern technologies have implemented numerous changes here. This includes the guide on the mobile phone display, a convenient and comprehensive solution that has been applied in Split, but also offers displays of 157 more destinations in Croatia. All tourists who want to find out where to have a good lunch or a great time at night while visiting the Diocletian’s city can obtain all information via their mobile devices.

They just need to be in Peristil and they will receive the mobiEXPLORE tourist guide via Bluetooth and find out all they want to know. The operation only takes a few minutes and the tourist guide is free of charge. The tourist guide combines exceptionally extensive contents and useful information, which is a sole result of domestic brains. It was conceived by the team of Gideon Multimedia from Split, which began to implement the project in cooperation with the Split Tourist Board. In addition to information about historical and cultural landmarks, local attractions and customs, accommodation capacities, museums, hotels, restaurants and taverns, tourists can also find out what Split offers at night and will receive all information about navigation and sport, location of spa centers, weather forecasts… They are also offered an interactive map with an index of all streets, they can listen to audio guides about the destination’s landmarks, and even learn certain phrases and expressions in Croatian. Beside the complete information about Split, mobiEXPLORE
displays 157 more destinations in Croatia. It is currently available in Croatian and English, and it will soon be released in Italian and probably some other languages. This is a comprehensive and free service, which many developed European countries have expressed interest, so it is about to be implemented in some countries in Europe as well.

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A series of reports on Japanese television in November

Erschienen in: Croatia,Dalmatia,Istria,Tourism
Erschienen am: 25.11.2008

Nihon TV, the most popular Japanese commercial TV channel, will broadcast a series of reports on Croatian in November. In September and October, this television station’s team took a 22-day tour of the entire Croatia, the Adriatic coast from Istria to Dubrovnik, and the continental part of the country all the way to Vukovar in the east.

Japanese tourists have been discovering Croatia over the past few years, so the number of guests from the country has been on a constant rise. This is also confirmed by official statistics that say that the number of Japanese tourists in the first seven months of this year almost doubled (a 96-7 percent growth) as compared to last year. Japanese tourists have so far expressed special interest in Dubrovnik, and the said series of TV shows should be a powerful marketing tool for their attraction to other, also exceptionally attractive tourist parts of the country. As the Croatian National Tourist Board has its office in Japan and has been more and more focused on promotion on this market, a further growth in the number of visitors from this country is expected.

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Croatian chefs win over RAI viewers

Erschienen in: Croatia,Gastronomy,Kvarner
Erschienen am: 24.11.2008

Two true gastro artists from the small town of Kastav in Kvarner have recently proved the quality of Croatian gastronomy, especially the Mediterranean food, as well as the art and expertise of Croatian cooks. Nenad Kukurin, the owner of the popular Restaurant Kukuriku in Kastav, and Robert Klickovic, the chef in the same restaurant, won plenty of viewer favor and were pronounced the most successful in presentation of the Mediterranean cuisine in the popular La prova del cuoco show on the Italian TV channel RAI 1 in a gastro competition. Their victory in mid-September in Rome closed the gastro duel with the representatives of Syria and the popular duo from Kastav remained in the competition.

Needless to say, their success is a further contribution to presentation of Croatia as a destination having a rich gastro offer and confirmation of the Mediterranean cuisine, recommended by the experts of the World Health Organization as the healthiest. Nenad Kukurin is a representative of the fifth generation in his Restaurant Kukuriku in Kastav, in a family tradition of 117 years. Situated in the small town of Kastav surrounded by medieval walls on a 365-meter hill near Rijeka and Opatija, the restaurant has become a favorite for lovers of high-quality and nutritively harmonized, creatively prepared and served slow food.

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The town of the Picoks – A European Destination of Excellence

Erschienen in: Croatia,Culture,Inner Croatia
Erschienen am: 20.11.2008

The Podravina town of Durdevac and its legend of the Picoks have been included in the tourist network of 20 European destinations of excellence cultivating intangible cultural heritage, for which the delegation from Durdevac received a plaque and an Eden crystal statue at the European Tourism Forum. As they said at the ceremony, this award is presented to leading tourist destinations and will be a basis for mutual exchange of good practice examples.

Situated in Northwest Croatia in the region of Podravina, Durdevac happens to be a winner of the European Destination of Tourist Excellence award. This town in Koprivnica-Križevci County has a whole series of tourist attractions and events, the most popular among them being the Picokijada that was held for the 40th time this June. The event that includes a number cultural/ entertainment, gastro and other events, is based on the Legend of the Picoks. The legend tells of the bravery and with of the residents of Durdevac who came to the idea of how to outwit the Turkish army after a long siege of the town. As the army of Ulam Beg failed to conquer the Durdevac Fort with its fierce attacks, he decided to siege the town patiently and drive the surrounded residents to hunger. When the Turkish commander started to believe he was close to success, along came a surprise. As advised by an old lady, the residents fired a rooster out of a cannon at the Turkish army, the last one they had. The army of Ulam Beg thought such splurging meant that the residents of the surrounded town had enough food and decided to retreat, putting a curse on the locals and calling them the Picoks. Thanks to the residents of Durdevac, the legend lives on…

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Silver Flower of Europe 2008 goes to Novi Vinodolski and Split

Erschienen in: Croatia,Dalmatia,Kvarner,Tourism
Erschienen am: 19.11.2008

Split won the Silver Flower of Europe award among a competition of almost six thousand candidates from twelve countries in the city category, while Novi Vinodolski has won the same award in the town category. The closing ceremony of the Golden Flower of Europe, arranged every year by the European Association for Flowers and Landscape, was held in Split, which was an additional reason for celebration.

While explaining the award presented to Split, Monika Hetsch, presdietn of the International Jury, pointed out that Split was a beautiful business & university center in Croatia, its beauty enhanced by the Marjan Park Forest. In addition to the positive ratings with respect of its landscape, the members of the International Jury were particularly impressed by the tidiness of Sustipan and Lovrinac. 24 candidates participated in the finals of this selection and Split won a total of 87.6 points out of one hundred. As stated in the explanation, Novi Vinodolski, winner of the Silver Flower in the town category, won the award for its splendid landscaping, commitment to tradition and a successful eco school. Novi Vinodolski has a tourist tradition of 130 years and is the center of the popular Vinodol Riviera having a total capacity of around 8000 accommodation units. This small town is distinctive for its  littoral architecture and its old town core. Around 2 million HRK was spent on landscaping this year. Opposite the historical part of the town are modern tourist facilities – hotels, campingsites, household activities and numerous catering facilities and sport & recreation centers attracting numerous tourists every year.

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A high award to Hotel BlueSun Afrodita

Erschienen in: Croatia,Dalmatia,Tourism
Erschienen am: 18.11.2008

Hotel BlueSun Afrodita in Tucepi has been pronounced the best hotel in the world. This was the choice of the guests who participated in a survey carried out by the German tour operator TUI, selecting among as many as 5800 hotels from across the world. The selection criterion was “the best time of the year” they spent in a hotel, and most of them chose their stay in this hotel in the Central Dalmatian destination of  Tu?epi, on Makarska Riviera. Opened four years ago in the place of the former apartment resort Afrodita, Hotel BluSun has 153 rooms and two suites. In addition to the comfort and service quality, the high rating can certainly be ascribed to the rich amenities of this exclusive four-star facility.

The hotel spreads over thirty thousand square meters and consists of quality houses arranged in three rows and intended primarily for family tourism. The houses are situated in an autochthonous Mediterranean environment, while the resort also contains numerous entertainment and recreation facilities and the like. There is a wonderful gravelly beach in front of the hotel, its cleanness and development guaranteed by the international Blue Flag. The hotel puts a special focus on HR training, so Afrodita has received numerous awards and created additional tourist amenities in the town. They will soon extend the tourist offer with new cultural programs associated with the surrounding region, thus providing the guests with the opportunity of learning about the rich cultural and traditional heritage, the customs of small villages and their former lifestyle. The TUI – Holly 2008 award presented by the German TUI was received in September by Mišo Divic, director of Hotel BlueSun Afrodita. Apartments Makarska

 

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The Heart of Nature – a country estate near Karlovac

Erschienen in: Croatia,Inner Croatia,Investitions,Tourism
Erschienen am: 14.11.2008

The village tourist estate Srce prirode (The Heart of Nature) has been opened in Gorica Lipnicka, around twenty kilometers from the town of Karlovac. This family village estate spreads over 12 thousand square meters and contains three autochthonous renovated houses. The accommodation part of the estate offers nine rooms (18 beds), and the guests can also use a restaurant seating 80 people, a wine tasting facility, a gazebo and a tavern seating 50 people.

The family estate offers eco food such as different kinds of honey, juices, wines, cured meats, etc. The meals in the restaurant are prepared according to old recipes. Two conference halls are equipped with modern technology. In addition, visitors to the estate can engage in the following activities: paintball, Village Olympics, culinary workshop, speleo-adventure, football, archery, volleyball, badminton, boccie and berry picking. The owner of the estate also happens to own the 4-star family hotel Korana in Karlovac, a historic and attractive town located around fifty kilometers from Zagreb, with the old town of Dubovac as its trademark. The hotel is located on Korana River, one of the four rivers in Karlovac, offering 15 double rooms and 3 business suites, as well as gastro, recreation and other offers.

 

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A hotel village with only eighty beds

Erschienen in: Croatia,Inner Croatia,Tourism,Zagreb
Erschienen am: 12.11.2008

The eco/ethno village of Stara Kapela is situated at the foot of Dilj gora, at the border between Brod-Posavina and Požega Slavonia County. Unique for its traditional architecture and the quiet of the old rural lifestyle, the village leaves each guest with the impression of returning a hundred year back to the past. Without cars and mobile phone signal, Stara Kapela offers a different story, free of any rush and stress, in coexistence with nature and traditional values. The village was fully reconstructed in the traditional style and with local materials, elaborated to the tiniest detail. Each house was provided with its former appearance, and the entire road is illuminated with lanterns on wooden poles with wooden plates presenting the words of the greatest Croatian poets.

Thanks to the Eco/Ethno Village Association that initiated the reconstruction of Stara Kapela, most of the old furniture, old tools and various household aids have been purchased, so everyone can evoke the former lifestyle. The village was also provided with 13 kilometers of hiking/biking tracks with six rest stops, while replicas of old ?ardaks are available in four locations. As the area has 120 registered plant species and over 80 bird species, plates with the relevant Croatian and Latin names were mounted across the entire track. The village presently has only 19 residents, but they will soon be accompanied with some new ones because a certain number of abandoned estates have been purchased by artists who will present some of their work in Stara Kapela. The plans for further development of the village provide for an old trade park and a traditional village garden with autochthonous flowers. Stara Kapela strives to become a model hotel village with only eight tourist beds by 2009. 14 beds are currently available for guests in Stara Kapela, and the number should rise to around forty by the end of the year. A souvenir shop has recently been opened, and they will soon start mounting wooden fences around the houses. Such reconstruction requires plenty of time and effort because the aim is to fully restore the village’s appearance of over a hundred years ago, which makes Stara Kapela a true tourist pearl, only 170 kilometers from Zagreb.

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Croatia – A respectable camping destination

Erschienen in: Croatia,Tourism
Erschienen am: 11.11.2008

A meeting of the European Federation of Campingsite Organizations and Holiday Park Associations (EFCO & HP), an organization established in 1979 and bringing together around 25 thousand European campingsites and camp resorts, was held in Umag in late September. Such important convention in Croatia, the region of Istria and the tourist destination of Umag is an acknowledgement of the local camping offer providing the guests with holidays in a beautiful and ecologically preserved environment, keeping up with the growing camping services standards. Croatia has a total of around 226 campingsites and 278 private estate campingsites having a total accommodation capcity of 224,000 persons. The private state campingsites account for around 10,000 units. According to the Croatian Camping Union, campingsites account for 23.7 percent of the country’s accommodation capacities and they have an approximately equal share in tourist overnights. Around fifteen campingsites having a total capacity of 22.5 thousand persons are classified as four stars, while
57 campingsites having a capacity of a little over 88 thousand persons are classified as three stars.

High-category (4 and 3 stars) are mainly in Istria, which also has the most numerous camping capacities, followed by Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and Zadar County in the third place. Dubrovnik- Neretva County, the southernmost part of Croatia, is the second in the number of four-star campingsites. The Croatian Camping Union evaluated with year’s camping season as successful. According to their estimates, Croatian campingsites had 12.624 million overnights in the first eight months, or 3.2 percent over 2007. Istria, the most developed Croatian camping destination, had 6.825 million overnights, or 3.4 over last year. The average annual campingsite occupancy is 59.1 days, the highest figures achieved in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County – 67.1 days. Of course, the longest stays are achieved in four-star camps – as much as 87 day. The average duration of stay in campingsites is 6.7, with Istria as number one with an average duration of stay of eight days. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Germans are the most numerous campingsite guests, followed by Slovenia, The Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic… Every year, the traditional markets are accompanied with new ones. The Croatian Camping Union plans to present the offer more intensively to such guests. Apartments Umag

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The Greeting to the Sun and Sea Organ – Year-round attractions

Erschienen in: Croatia,Dalmatia,Sightseeing,Zadar
Erschienen am: 11.11.2008

The Sea Organ, and the somewhat newer urban installation Greeting to the Sun by architect Nikola Bašić, are two landmarks of the city of Zadar attracting public attention and representing a contemporary addition to the cultural/historical and ambience-related values of this city. Next to the famous Sea Organ on Zadar quay and near the cruiser pier, the Greeting to the Sun by the same architect now shines as well. The Greeting to the Sun consists of three hundred multi-layer glass panels set on the same level as the quay paving, in the form of a circle having a diameter of 22 meters. Beneath the conducting glass panels are photovoltaic solar modules providing symbolic communication with nature for the purpose of communicating – by sound in case of the Sea Organ, and by light in this case. Concurrently with the “most beautiful sunset in the world”, the lighting fixtures built into the circle are activated, producing an exceptionally impressive game of light to the rhythm of the waves and the sound of the Sea Organ according to a preprogrammed scenario.

In daytime, the photovoltaic solar modules absorb solar energy, transform it into electricity and deliver into the voltaic distribution network. The info display reads the current electricity consumption, and the entire system is expected to produce around 46,500 kWh a year. This is actually a small power that will be used both for the Greeting to the Sun installation and the lighting of the entire quay. The energy will be up to three times cheaper that the existing energy, while the project itself is a unique example of combining renewable energy sources, energy efficiency and urban space development. In cooperation with Prof. Maksim Klarin of the Zadar Maritime School, the names of Zadar saints, after which the present and former churches on the Peninsula were named, have been entered into the ring surrounding the
Greeting to the Sun. Each name is accompanied with the declination and height of the Sun and duration of sunlight on the relevant holiday and in that place on the quay. This highlights the connection between Zadar and the Calendar of St. Krševan who made a great contribution to indication of time and astronomic navigation in its very beginnings. As a solar system model with the accompanying planets, the Greeting to the Sun installation is connected with the Sea Organ. This is actually a piece of specifically formed coast in several rows of stairs descending to the sea for around 70 meters in length. Beneath them 35 pipes of different lengths, diameters and inclinations are built into the coast. The pipes contain whistles playing seven accords and five tunes, providing for the music of sea-driven air. Both installations situated on the Zadar quay attract great attention of both the visitors and the professional audience, representing an additional motive to come to Zadar, a city of rich monumental heritage, including among others the Church of St. Donat from the 9thcentury, the most famous medieval basilica and a city trademark.

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