Croatia is preparing for the sixth club music festival - The Garden Festival. But this time it will take place in Tisno (during previous five years The Garden Festival was held in the resort town Petrcane in northern Dalmatia)

Large-scale music festivals are among the brightest events in the tourist life of Central and Eastern Europe. The current summer season promises a lot of wonderful events for the fans of contemporary music.

Croatia, which is famous by its crystal clear waters and stunning beaches, continues active work on maintaining the status of one of the most environmentally friendly resorts in Europe. Before the coming tourist season Croatian authorities have begun to check water quality and beaches of the Adriatic Sea.

During the festival, which will last four days, residents and resort guests can visit the exhibition of ancient pottery and jewelry, take part in numerous events devoted to the ancient Greece, including the ancient hairstyles competitions, Greco Roman wrestling, presentation of Greek gastronomy and underwater archaeological tours in the coastal waters of Lošinj for the divers. During the festival many hotels will offer their guests special programs - Roman baths and massages.

Croatia is becoming increasingly popular region not only for beach holidays. The country is gaining popularity in health tourism industry.

It is possible that during the next few years Croatia can create an analogue of the Silicon Valley. The title of the Croatian programming capital can be claimed by one of the largest cities in the country - Osijek.

Croatia intends to engage private capital in modernization of the state social infrastructure. Currently the country's budget lacks enough finances for opening of such new state institutions as hospices, nursing homes, educational centers and even prisons. In order to solve this problem Croatian authorities are going to involve third-party investors into the building and managing processes.

From 6 to 11 September 2011 in the Croatian capital Zagreb will be held the 44th Puppet International Festival (PIF). And although such events are held in many European cities, the festival in Zagreb is the oldest and, perhaps, the most favorite for the fans of puppet theaters. During the time of its existence the festival was attended by more than 500 puppet theaters from 45 countries worldwide.

Croatia is an extremely attractive European resort not only for ordinary mortals, but for the rich and famous, and last weekend once again proved this truth. Saturday night in Hvar was marked by royal entertainments, one of the most eligible bachelors of Europe and famous reveler, the British Prince Harry with a dozen of friends visited Croatian resort at Saturday where they had a good time at the party until morning.

In Croatia came into effect a ban on construction and repairing works on the roads during the summer tourist season. Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure of Croatia ordered to stop all construction works on the major highways of Dalmatia and Istria from June 11, 2011 until September 18, 2011.

American rock singer Jon Bon Jovi during his tour The Circle Tour will visit Croatia and Romania. Its first-ever concert in Croatia Bon Jovi will organize in Zagreb. The Croatian public will be able to see the rock idol on June 8, 2011 at Maksimir Stadium.

Holidays in Croatia mean not only the Adriatic coast resorts of Dalmatia and Istria. It is also well-known islands of Croatia, such as Brac, Var and others. In order to give an additional incentive for tourist interest to the Croatian island authorities m

For the filming of an episode of the future series ABC rent one of the most luxurious villas in Dubrovnik, Sheherezade, which overlooks the famous old city ramparts.

In Croatia, on the coast of Istria, in the popular resort town of Lovran, on April 9, 2011 will begin the traditional festival of asparagus. At the opening of the festival city residents dress up in "asparagus" costumes and organize a grand parade, which

In connection with the upcoming new hot summer tourist season the Croatian government has decided to temporarily abolish tourist visas for the residents from Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia.

2010 is likely to be the most successful for tourism in Croatia for all time of conducting statistics surveys about tourist inflow and overnight stays in this country. As noted by the Croatian press, the growth in demand for hotels in Dubrovnik, villas in

The share of foreign tourists in Croatia is more than 80%. Croatia is preferred by Germans, Slovenians, Italians, Austrians, as well as tourists from Russia and CIS. This year on the beaches of Croatia it was able to meet many of the world celebrities suc

In one of the largest cities of Croatia, Osijek has been opened the country's first private school of aviation pilots “Panonia”. After long and tortuous bureaucratic procedures, the owner of the air school Miroslav Vlasic has finally received all necessar

Star of the television series "Desperate Housewives" Eva Longoria chose Croatia for her summer holidays. According to the Croatian edition Vecernji List Eva Longoria is waited in Croatia along with her current husband, basketball player Tony Parker.

It is possible that in the next few years it will become popular to go on vacation in Croatia not only thanks to the clear sea and picturesque nature. Croatia is preparing to become the next country, where will be opened a branch of the famous Guggenheim

Thousands of sunken ships and hundreds of unexplored underwater caves attract an increasing number of tourists on the Adriatic coast of Croatia. With such attractions for the past 10 years diving tourism in Croatia increased by 20 percent.

For the first time Croatia tried to ban smoking in restaurants and bars in May 2009. Then the authorities were determined.

In the Croatian capital Zagreb on September 18 will start the World Theater Festival - WORLD THEATRE FESTIVAL 2009. Festival in Zagreb will take place throughout the week, from 18 to 26 of September.

The protection of the environment in modern hi-tech world of 21 century and the growing threat of global warming has become one of the most urgent themes.

In the coming months Croatian resort Dubrovnik will enjoy a series of luxury hotel openings: the doors will be opened for sophisticated visitors at extraordinary Valamar Lacroma Resort, the refined Lesic Dimitri Palace and aristocratic Radisson SAS Resort