Croatia is gearing up for a busy tourist summer, with the Adriatic country’s national tourist board revealing that it will be directly accessible via 122 foreign city airports this summer.
In total, Croatia is expecting a 2% increase in passenger aircraft operations this summer.
Kristjan Staničić, Director of the Croatian National Tourist Board, said: “Air traffic is extremely important for excellence of Croatian tourism, especially in terms of demand from long-haul source markets. Our goal is to improve air connectivity with foreign countries every year. This is especially important for our southern destinations, more reliant on air transport, and in the context of achieving the strategic goal of strengthening pre- and post-season tourist traffic. Air connectivity is extremely important outside the peak season because of the better accessibility of our destinations.
“This means that we must actively encourage launch of new unique connections, amounting to around 40 this year, but also to ensure earlier start, and make a strong focus on programs that connect key source geo-zones with Croatia. Therefore, this year we have allocated over €3m for strategic partnerships, including co-operation with airlines. In this context, we expect that increase in the number of planned operations, marking a record, compared to last year’s summer flight schedule, will have a positive impact on overall tourism results.”
