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We have been aware Croatia is an attractive destination for passengers on cruises for some time. However, the recently published statistics for the first eleven months of last year surprised many people. During the said period, as many as 820 cruise ships came to Croatian ports (Dubrovnik being number one), which is 31.2 more than the same period in 2007.

They brought over 937,000 passengers to visit the landmarks of Croatia, which is 35.2 more than the year before. Not only that – their combined stay in Croatia came to 1567 days, which is 61.7 percent more than last year. This clearly shows Croatia is an exceptionally attractive destination for cruise passengers.

Source: press.croatia.hr

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As of 1 May of this year, EasyJet will carry passengers between London and Dubrovnik four times a week. Airplanes will fly between Liverpool and Dubrovnik three times a week from 2 June, while flights between Geneva and Dubrovnik will be available from 6 July, twice a week. As of 12 July, EasyJet will also carry passengers between Berlin and Dubrovnik, while Norwegian Air will introduce new flights between Warsaw and Dubrovnik at the beginning of this year’s season.

According to Dubrovnik Airport, 27 airlines will offer flights to one of the most beautiful tourist pearls in the Croatian Adriatic this year, 12 of them being low-cost airlines. According to the statistical data, they already account for 27 percent of the overall traffic in Dubrovnik Airport and the share will continue to grow. Last year, Dubrovnik registered 512,000 tourists and over 1.7 million overnights, while Dubrovnik-Neretva County registered around a million tourists with 4.6 million overnights. Most of the foreign guests came from France, UK and Germany. High growth rates were also recorded in arrivals from Russia, Spain, Scandinavia
and Japan.

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Croatia took the third place in the contest for the best European travel destinations. This was the opinion of over 17,000 readers of the Guardian and Observer dailies in a survey that has been carried out for 22 years in a row.

The success of Croatian tourism is that much greater considering the fact that Croatia jumped from the 10th place to the third in a just year, right after Switzerland in the first place and Sweden in the second place, leaving Austria and Italy behind. The presentation of the Guardian & Observer Travel Awards 2008 was held in mid-October in Morocco with over 120 representatives of the travel industry, advertisers and journalist teams. Guardian and Observer have around 1.3 million readers combined.

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Like elsewhere in Europe, a network of modern roads in Croatia has provided its citizens and tourists with speed of travel, but also deprived them of the pleasure of observing the environment, an interesting and eventful pause and a kind of an insight to the local lifestyle while approaching the destination. Since the Zagreb-Rijeka motorway has been built, the former main road that passed through areas of exceptional natural beauty has been neglected until someone came up with the idea for a project to include it in the network of European cultural and tourist routes, which was supported by the Ministry of Tourism.

The project concerns two roads of great historical significance. The Carolina Road was built in the first half of the 18th century and was named after Emperor Carl. However, due to the small capacity and great inclines, it was replaced in the early 19th century by the Louisiana Road, one of the most modern roads in the former monarchy. Now that the motorway has been built, both roads have lost their original function, but they are faced with an interesting tourist future, preceded by  the Summer on Louisiana and Carolina event. The project was launched by the Louisiana Association of Delnice, and its members’ effort is focused on revitalization of undeveloped and abandoned rural parts within the broader area surrounding
the roads and inclusion of traditional and natural heritage in the tourist offer. This year’s Summer on Louisiana and Carolina event was held in late June and featured folklore and ethno troupes, presentations of old crafts and customs, etc. This was an opportunity for promotion of an occasional stamp marking the bicentennial of the construction of the Louisiana Road. The promotion was accompanied with the staging of a postal carriage and its crew dressed in historical uniforms. This event in June marks the beginning of the project that will restore the former importance of Carolina and Louisiana and enable the tourists to enjoy themselves while traveling.

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The Croatian tunnel Brinje, located in the A1 Zagreb Split motorway is the best tunnel in Europe in 2007! This top recognition for the 1540-metre-long twin tunnels was won in a field of 51 other tunnels covered by the EuroTAP project testing which this year pooled 12 national automobile clubs from 11 European countries. The recognition of the Croatian tunnel, opened in 2004, is all the greater because Croatia is the only non-EU member encompassed by the testing. A total of 51 tunnels were tested across Europe. 18 tunnels received a mark of very good, 11 good and 12 satisfactory, while 10 tunnels did not earn a passing grade. The Brinje tunnel was opened in 2004, the total value of the investment being 36 million euros. It is equipped with the latest system for the 24-hour control and regulation of traffic, video cameras, a system that automatically detects a stoppage in traffic and the use of lighted road signs to inform drivers. It also has a developed communication system in the event of an accident, an automatic fire detector and fire alarms along the length of the entire tunnel and a number of other solutions and advantages that increase passenger safety and driving pleasure. Croatia has a total of 42 kilometres of tunnels on its motorways of which 11 are over a kilometre in length. The closest competitor to the Brinje tunnel in this test was the German tunnel of Spreebogen opened last year in the Berlin Mitte district. EuroTAP (European Tunnel Assessment Programme) is one of a total of eight tunnel safety research projects, worth 4.2 million euros and supported by the European Commission with 1.5 million euros. Source: ?Croatia Tourist Board?

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