Croatia tourism head addresses Chinese tourists as ‘dear guests’

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Kristjan Stanicic, director of the Croatian National Tourist Board (CNTB), told Xinhua on Monday that Croatia warmly welcomes Chinese tourists.

“We warmly welcome Chinese tourists, because they are our dear guests,” Stanicic said. He noted that there used to be about 300,000 Chinese tourists visiting Croatia each year before the COVID-19 pandemic, which had a huge impact on the coming of Chinese tourists.

Stanicic noted that there are no direct flights between Croatia and China so far which restricts the numbers when it come to the number of incoming tourists.

“We hope that normal flights between China and Europe will resume soon so that there will be a large number of Chinese arrivals to Europe, including Croatia,” Stanicic said, noting China’s recent optimization of its COVID-19 response and gradual restoration of Chinese citizens’ overseas travel.

Moreover, the CNTB Shanghai office, launched four years ago, had worked intensively on the promotion of Croatian tourism, including organizing online workshops and digital fairs, Stanicic said, adding that starting from 2023, offline activities would be held to promote Croatian tourism, one of the main pillars of the country’s economy.

The CNTB had always regarded China as its major focus of tourism development, Stanicic said, voicing hope that the number of Chinese tourists visiting Croatia could resume to the pre-pandemic levels in a year or two, said Stanicic.

“We will do everything to facilitate the arrival and stay of Chinese tourists in Croatia,” he added.

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