Finland’s Croatia the Most Interesting Foreign Destination

Croatia is this year’s winner of the ‘Finnish Travel Award 2013’ for the most interesting foreign destination as chosen by the public, awarded annually by the management of the largest and most influential travel fair in Finland, ‘Matka Travel Fair’, it was reported today by the Croatian National Tourist Board.

– Croatia has thus already received excellent promotion of its tourism offerings at the very opening of the fair, which is held in Helsinki from January 17 to 20, as well as additional confirmation of its growing popularity among the residents of Finland and neighboring countries – emphasizes HTZ.

The award was presented to the director of the HTZ office for Scandinavia, Paul Šikić, by the fair director Christer Haglund, who congratulated Croatia on its successful promotional activities in the Scandinavian market.

At the fair, the HTZ office in Scandinavia promoted Croatia’s tourism offerings at business workshops called ‘Global Workshop’, where the natural and cultural beauties of Croatian destinations were presented to interested representatives of Finnish travel agencies.

A number of valuable contacts were established with leading figures from the tourism sector in Finland, and alongside the Croatian National Tourist Board, representatives from travel agencies Alfa travel, Katarina line, and Uniline, as well as the hotel company Maistra, participated in the workshops, HTZ emphasizes.

Noting that numerous promotional activities are underway in emitting tourist markets, the statement mentions that the HTZ office in Scandinavia, in addition to the workshop in Helsinki, promoted Croatia at the tourism fair in Norway, Reiselivsmessen Oslo 2013, which took place in Oslo from January 11 to 13.

The fair gathered exhibitors from twenty countries, was visited by more than 45 thousand visitors, and HTZ presented the Croatian tourism offerings at a stand measuring 12 square meters.

Additionally, the HTZ office in Scandinavia established notable tourism contacts this week in Oslo at the business workshop ‘Travel Match’, which gathered more than 300 international representatives from travel agencies and hoteliers, HTZ emphasizes.