25 million kuna for beaches, golf courses, and cable cars

The Ministry of Tourism announced on Tuesday a public call for the allocation of non-repayable funds based on the Public Tourist Infrastructure Development Program for 2018, for which 25 million kuna has been secured, and interested parties can apply until September 21.

The program is intended for the public sector – units of local and regional self-government.

– By investing in public tourist infrastructure, we are creating a new attraction base and new reasons for guests to visit. We have secured 25 million kuna for the public tourism sector, and in addition to beaches, centers, and infrastructure intended for active tourism, this year we are co-financing the preparation of project documentation for public golf courses and cable cars, emphasizes the Minister of Tourism Gari Cappelli in a statement.

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A destination, besides accommodation capacities, consists of all accompanying facilities, the entire infrastructure, and therefore it is important to continuously invest in all segments that make up the entire tourism story in the destination, adds the minister.

The program will co-finance projects for the arrangement of sea and other beaches, continuation of construction, expansion, reconstruction, or adaptation of visitor centers and interpretation centers, as well as the construction, expansion, reconstruction, or adaptation of visitor centers and interpretation centers in the areas of Slavonia, Baranja, and western Srijem, public tourist infrastructure in the function of active tourism, arrangement and equipping of public toilets in areas of high tourist traffic concentration, and the preparation of project-technical documentation for public golf courses and cable cars.

The Ministry of Tourism will co-finance up to 80%, or 90% of justified/eligible costs of implementing individual projects. The maximum amount of co-financing will depend on the development index of the units of local and regional self-government.

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Thus, the I. and II. group of development of regional units and the I., II., III., and IV. group of development of local self-government units will be entitled to co-financing of projects up to 90% of justified/eligible costs, while other groups will receive up to 80% of justified/eligible costs.

For beach projects, the minimum amount of support is 200 thousand kuna, and the maximum is 800 thousand kuna. For co-financing visitor centers and interpretation centers, the amount of support ranges from a minimum of 100 thousand kuna to a maximum of 800 thousand kuna.

The Ministry also states that it co-finances the construction, expansion, reconstruction, or adaptation of visitor centers and interpretation centers in the areas of Slavonia, Baranja, and western Srijem with a minimum of 100 thousand kuna and a maximum of 800 thousand kuna.

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The Ministry of Tourism will also co-finance the arrangement and marking of existing and new cycling, walking, and riding routes with a minimum of 100 thousand kuna and a maximum of 300 thousand kuna per project this year.

From this year, co-financing will also include the arrangement and equipping of public toilets (up to a maximum of 300 thousand kuna, or up to 80% or 90% of justified/eligible costs) and the preparation of project-technical documentation for public golf courses and cable cars (minimum 100 thousand kuna, and a maximum of 700 thousand kuna per project).