KRISTIAN ŠUSTAR
Photo: Ivo Pervan (archive: Croatian National Tourist Board)
Photo: Juraj Kopač (archive: Croatian National Tourist Board)
Interview
Photo: Robert Kunštek
Bol, Brač
Nin
Photos: the "Zlatni rat" beach in Bol on the island of Brač is one of the most famous Croatian beaches (top left); Croatia is a favorite destination for sailors (right); Nin, the oldest Croatian royal city (bottom left).
Croatia is beautiful and wherever you go you will come across something magical and unique.
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Center for Development and Marketing. The study contains an overview of the existing financial programs, examples of individual investments and financing in characteristic countries of the EU, regarding the pulling of funds from structural and cohesive funds, but also from other sources with the purpose of investing in the hotel and tourism sector. The study has been available to members through an hotelier e-forum for more than a year. We continually inform members on the possibilities for financing, due to which we established close contacts with EU institutions through HOTREC, the European society of hoteliers of which we are full members. We recognized the importance of funds, and at the recently held conference of hoteliers, we presented the possibility for co-financing projects in tourism. We believe we managed to increase the level
of knowledge and understanding and that our hoteliers will use the possibilities offered to the maximum. I must mention that AECH has sent in several projects related to staff education and training. The AECH is the bearer of the European Union's "TOURISMlink" ICT project for Croatia. What kind of project is it, and what are its goals? TOURISMlink is a European Union project aimed at enhancing the competitiveness in the tourism sector though improved linking of tourist services. The project will be achieved through the use of all possibilities of information and communication technology (ICT) currently available on the market. The goal of the project is quick and easy integration, for the development of essential, reservation, and statistics tourism systems in a shared database. The project will create an online