More than 200.000 Spaniards are expected in Croatia this year

HTZ presents the Croatian tourist offer at the 43rd edition of the international tourist fair FITUR, which will be held from January 18 to 22 in Madrid

Author  HrTurizam Promo

January 18, 2023

Croatian tourist agency presents the Croatian tourist offer at the 43rd edition of the international tourist fair FITUR, which takes place from January 18 to 22 in Madrid. It is a fair that will be open for tourism professionals and the business audience for the first three days, while the remaining two days will be intended for a general and wide audience. The Croatian tourist delegation led by the Minister of Tourism and Sports is also present at the fair Nikolina Brnjac and director of the Croatian Tourist Board Kristjan Staničić, who will meet business partners, tour operators, agencies and carriers on this occasion.

"We will use the appearance at the FITUR fair to meet with our most important partners who want to achieve further growth in tourist traffic this year through the introduction of new offers and packages to Croatian destinations. Among them are representatives of Viajes el Corte Inglés, one of the tourism leaders in Spain in whose system tour operators and about 650 agencies throughout Spain are important. The meeting with representatives of Iberia, an airline that has flights to more than 130 destinations and is planning flights to Dubrovnik, Split and Zagreb this year, will also be important., he said director Staničić, adding that more than 200.000 Spaniards are expected in Croatia this year.

Also, during the first day of the fair, a bilateral meeting of the Croatian tourist delegation with Mariano Oleskiv, president of the State Agency for Tourism Development of Ukraine and Pavlo Kukhta, former Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine.

"We entered the year 2023 as one of the most successful tourist destinations in Europe, and in January we recorded the best results of tourist traffic so far. The FITUR fair in Madrid is an opportunity for Croatia to present itself and stand out even more on distant markets, especially South American, but also on our already traditional European markets. Our goal is to continue the good trends from previous years in the pre-season period, and Croatia's entry into Schengen and the Eurozone plays a big role in that.", she stated Minister Brnjac.

Also present at the fair Viviana Vukelic, director of the HTZ Representative Office in Italy, which also covers the Spanish market, while at the Croatian stand she presents her offer six co-exhibitors, that is, Croatian tourism entities, namely the Dubrovnik-Neretva and Šibenik-Knin Counties' tourist communities and the city of Zagreb, as well as the Maistra Hospitality group, Abacus Tours and Nave Travel.

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Let's add that as well Croatian tourist agency on Thursday to participate in the 58th meeting Committee of Associate Members of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in whose work HTZ participates in the term 2022-2025, while on the same day Affiliate Membership Department na FITUR Sports present the main activities and initiatives planned for 2023 in the field of sports tourism, which are based on the results of research recently conducted among associated destinations, which includes a special contribution and presentation Croatian National Tourist Board as associate members.

Also, in the organization associate members of the UNWTO there will be a presentation on Friday "Trends shaping the travel industry in 2023." which includes a series of presentations by leading tourism entities that will illustrate, through specific cases, what the tourism industry will look like this year. Among the destinations and entities that will have the opportunity to hold presentations, along with representatives of tourist organizations Barcelona, Federal States of Mexico Quintana Roo i University of Nebrija, is and Croatian tourist agency, who will be the host of the presentation on the topic digital nomads, that is, on the topic of Croatian experience in promoting, attracting and creating offers for digital nomads who increasingly choose Croatia as their "remote workplace".

According to system data eVistor, in Croatia during the last year more than 193.000 arrivals and over 471.000 nights which compared to 2021 represents a growth of 94% in arrivals and 79% in overnight stays. At the same time, the Spaniards spent the most nights in Split-Dalmatia i Dubrovnik to Neretva County, and in terms of destinations in Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb, Zadar te Hvar.

Source and photo: Croatian National Tourist Board

Author  HrTurizam Promo

January 18, 2023