Theme Week Croatian Adriatic coast

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Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0

Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0

Croatia‘s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics uses data from the Geographical Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb, which classifies a total of 1,185 islands, rocks and reefs: 48 inhabited islands, 670 uninhabited islands, 389 rocks and 78 reefs.

Tourism dominates the Croatian service sector and accounts for up to 20% of Croatian GDP. Annual tourist industry income for 2014 was estimated at €7.4 billion. Its positive effects are felt throughout the economy of Croatia in terms of increased business volume observed in retail business, processing industry orders and summer seasonal employment. The industry is considered an export business, because it significantly reduces the country’s external trade imbalance. Since the conclusion of the Croatian War of Independence, the tourist industry has grown rapidly, recording a fourfold rise in tourist numbers, with more than 11 million tourists each year. The most numerous are tourists from Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic as well as Croatia itself. Length of a tourist stay in Croatia averages 4.9 days.

Rovinj © Markus Bernet/cc-by-sa-2.0 Pula - Veruda Marina © Hrvach/cc-by-sa-3.0 Dubrovnik © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-3.0 Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0 Zadar © Joadl/cc-by-sa-3.0 Split © DIREKTOR Rijeka - Riva Promenade © Roberta F./cc-by-sa-3.0
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Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0
The bulk of the tourist industry is concentrated along the Adriatic Sea coast. Opatija was the first holiday resort since the middle of the 19th century. By the 1890s, it became one of the most significant European health resorts. Later a number of resorts sprang up along the coast and islands, offering services ranging from mass tourism to catering and various niche markets, the most significant being nautical tourism, as there are numerous marinas with more than 16 thousand berths, cultural tourism relying on appeal of medieval coastal cities and numerous cultural events taking place during the summer. Inland areas offer mountain resorts, agrotourism and spas. Zagreb is also a significant tourist destination, rivalling major coastal cities and resorts.

Croatia has unpolluted marine areas reflected through numerous nature reserves and 116 Blue Flag beaches. Croatia is ranked as the 18th most popular tourist destination in the world. About 15% of these visitors (over one million per year) are involved with naturism, an industry for which Croatia is world famous. It was also the first European country to develop commercial naturist resorts.

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Read more on croatia.eu – Adriatic Sea and islands, RickSteves.com – Adriatic 101: Croatia, Slovenia, and More, bbc.com – Traversing Croatia’s exquisite Adriatic coast and Wikipedia Adriatic Sea. Learn more about the use of photos. To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facebook pages/Twitter accounts. In addition more and more destinations, tourist organizations and cultural institutions offer Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet, to provide you with a mobile tourist guide (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.




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