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Five-Star destination: Croatia - Energising, fresh, inspiring, creative!

Nadan Vidošević, President Croatian Chamber of Economy
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

Croatian tourism today is developing within a sustainable and competitive framework, where sustainability implies active preservation of distinctive destination identities and education in optimising the use of natural resources. Sustainability also means sharing experience within the European context, finding applicable solutions, promoting quality in services and working within cooperative European initiatives.

Vukovar-Srijem County

Božo Galić, Bachelor of Engineering, Vukovar-Srijem County Head
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

Dear readers of Five Stars Croatia, I bring you greetings from the Vukovar-Srijem County, the easternmost Croatian county that covers 2,443 square kilometers and abounds with so many natural beauties, cultural monuments, traditional arts and crafts, fertile fields, vineyards and forests that its 204,768 residents, living in 5 towns and 26 municipalities, have their hands full translating this natural wealth and traditional heritage into recognizable local food and beverage products, souvenirs,...

County of Primorje and Gorski kotar

Zlatko Komadina, Primorje and Gorski kotar County Head
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

County of Primorje and Gorski kotar is located at the meeting point of the northern Adriatic and the mountainous south-west of Croatia where forest-covered expanses of Gorski kotar border with Kvarner-bay.

The County of Split and Dalmatia

msc. Ante Sanader, County prefect, The County of Split and Dalmatia
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

The County of Split and Dalmatia is the largest and the most beautiful Croatian County. It is almost difficult to distinguish the factors that contribute to its beauty: nature, history, cultural heritage or its people.

Travel agencies in Croatia

Marko Vojković, adiatica.net Group CEO
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

In the field of leisure travel adriatica.net Group has over the last period established its leadership position and demonstrated an excellent strategy in delivering sustainable growth.

How the croats see foreigners - few examples from tourism and gastronomy

Goran Milić, Journalist, HTV
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

Notwithstanding precaution as regard stereotypes, there are discrepancies between what the Croats think foreigners think about them and the real truth. Of course, all foreigners are not the same. The Croats usually classify them in three groups: the westerners, post-communists and others.

Dubrovnik - The pearl of the Adriatic

Jelka Tepšić, Director, Dubrovnik Tourist Board
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

George Bernard Shaw, the Irish writer, after visited Dubrovnik wrote: "Those who seek paradise on Earth should come and see Dubrovnik". With its impressive medieval fortifications, churches, monasteries and palaces, and therefore unique in the world Dubrovnik is often called The pearl of the Adriatic.

How beautiful this photograph (My country) is

Damir Fabijanić, Photographer
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

A thousand times I have heard people say - Oh, how beautiful this photograph is. When I had the will and the opportunity, I would sometimes ask them: Sorry, do you mean that it is a nice subject that you can see on the photograph or that the photographer did a good job taking the shot? And on the whole, I would get a puzzled look from the other person, feel their uncertainty.

Sustainable development as a myth, platitude or a way of life

Vjeran Piršić, President, Eko Kvarner
Five Stars Croatia Issue 3 — April 01, 2008.

Today, if you are in any way linked to the environmental protection, the key word which keeps on repeating is sustainable development. In this regard, many authors (and some academics) are persistently claiming that this concept is in itself meaningless, and that it belongs to mythology.

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