Croatia was declared the destination of the year at the tourist fair in Kazakhstan

Croatian tourist agency for the first time presented the entire Croatian tourist offer at the fair KITF, which was held in the city Almaty, the largest city of Kazakhstan, and that is the presentation Croatia it was more than excellent, as confirmed by the award to our country for the destination of the year "Choice of the year", which is awarded by the organizer of the fair. 

Performance at the fair KITF is part of the strategy of opening new markets in Central Asian areas, while Kazakhstan represents a very interesting market with about 20 million inhabitants and a large number of active tour operators and agencies whose representatives also participated in the fair KITF and who expressed great interest in Croatian destinations.

During the fair, a whole series of meetings were held with leading Kazakh tourist entities and airlines, such as Air Astana, but also with Turkish Airlines. Also, in addition to Kazakh partners, the fair also held talks with travel agencies from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Croatian stand was also visited by Refik Šabanović, Ambassador of the Republic of Croatia in Kazakhstan, who participated in some meetings with representatives of the ministries responsible for tourism.

Let's add how European countries presented themselves at the fair Italija i Slovenia, and as part of the overall program of the fair, a panel discussion was held on the topic of the future of tourism, in which one of the participants was Rajko Ružička iz Representations of the Croatian Tourist Board, who, among other things, emphasized that Croatia has great potential in this market and that long-term goals include the introduction of direct flights from Kazakhstan to Croatia and the shortening of procedures for issuing visas to Kazakh tourists.

Source and photo: Croatian National Tourist Board