Croatia at the Fair FITUR in Madrid

One hundred and sixty-seven countries, nearly nine thousand exhibitors, slightly smaller than the 2012th, smaller and individual stalls, but sparkle and interest of visitors, the main characteristics of the thirty-third FITUR tourism fair held from 30th January to February 3 takes place in the Spanish capital Madrid.

Croatian tourism offer presented at the stand of 97.5 m2 and the national tourism board as a holder of exposure and seven co-exhibitor - Adriana travel agencies, Abacus Tours, Amathus Travel, Travel CANAVIA, Kompas Zagreb and Sibenik Tourist Board and Sibenik Knin County and the city of Zagreb.

Spain has experienced the height of its crisis, what with unemployment of 26 percent of course affects the travel industry. Croatia was in 2012. Spain's less visited yet, but tourism officials believe that there will be further decline. As for the air line from the Spanish cities to Croatian destinations with direct Croatia Airlines flights from Barcelona to Zagreb, the Spanish national airline Iberia capitals will run from Madrid to Zagreb and Dubrovnik, regional airline company Air Nostrum will fly from Madrid to Split and from Bilbao to Dubrovnik. Low cost carrier Vueling continues flights from Barcelona to Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik. Flights to Dubrovnik and Zagreb begin already at Easter when the Spanish tourists especially numerous visitors of Croatia.

According to the director of the HTZ in Madrid, Sanja Jelic Danda crisis and unemployment are at their peak caused the reduced purchasing power of Spaniards, known as a passionate lover of traveling abroad who like to say that the travel and leisure is not easy to give up. Croatia is among cheap destinations for vacations, which is the main reason for reducing the number of visitors from Spain. Our country is interesting, and South America, where a lot of travel agents comes at FITUR, and distant from these countries in 2013 expected to increase the number of guests in this tourist year.