Articles tagged “croatia”

EU membership will open Croatia’s borders to European residents, but also increase visa hassles for tourists from Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Its impact can already be felt with tourism from those markets already dropping 15 percent.

Tours are sure to be followed by themed hotel packages and add-ons to create a full immersion experience, which once again highlights the power of media as a tourism driver.

Among the last places in Europe that is just beginning to get the tourists in numbers they deserve, after decades of communism and blood rivalries.

Behind every airline, music festival, and UNESCO World Heritage site is a country desperate to increase its share of the world tourism market and welcome more money-spending tourists across its borders.

The collapse of airlines and the inability for old-line European carriers to pick up slack will lead to inroads in the region by Turkish Air, which will only improve the Anatolian carrier's position in Europe.