Today it is in Kutjeva a coordination meeting was held Croatian National Tourist Board with regional tourist boards, that is, county tourist boards. They attended the meeting Nikolina Brnjac, Minister of Tourism and Sports, Kristjan Staničić, director of HTZ and 16 directors of regional tourist boards, while they opened the meeting with introductory and welcoming speeches Antonija Jozic, prefect of Požega-Slavonia County and Josip Budimir, the mayor of Kutjev.
During the first part of the meeting, the minister Grinjak she introduced National Recovery and Resilience Plan, that is, an overview of its implementation so far through two public calls for grants for investments in public and private tourism infrastructure. As she said, a total of 468 applications were received, and temporary lists of winners and contracts are expected in June this year.
"The development of tourism on the continent is of particular importance to us for the development of year-round and more regionally balanced tourism, therefore we are very pleased that we have maintained coordination with regional tourism associations in Požega-Slavonia County. At the meeting, we discussed all the important strategic activities undertaken by the Government of the Republic of Croatia with the goal of developing sustainable tourism, for which a record amount of funds worth 1,27 billion euros was secured for the first time. Our goal is to make Croatian tourism more resilient and competitive through a comprehensive reform of tourism management., said the minister Grinjak.
As part of his presentation, the director Stanicic presented, among other things, public tenders and invitations Croatian National Tourist Board for tourism undeveloped areas and the continent, united tourist boards, strategic projects and for the organization of TOP events.