Croatia and another nine countries have been nominated for a “European Tourist Destinations of Excellence” pilot project, with a sub-theme entitled “Best New Rural Destinations”. The decision was adopted recently by the European Commission’s Tourism Advisory Committee. In the final selection along with Croatia are Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Belgium, Cyprus, Malta, Austria, Italy and Latvia, making the Croatian nomination all the more a success as it is not yet a full member of the European Union.

Sky Europe Airlines, Central Europe’s low-cost airline, will fly from Vienna to Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik. It is announced recently info about the opening of its new base at Vienna Schwechat International airport from where it is additionally offering 16 new European destinations.

One of the largest congress centres in any of the hotels on Croatian islands is located in the recently renovated Hotel Elaphus in the town of Bol on the island of Brač, operating within the Blue Sun Hotels Company.

That Croatia is no longer a destination for mass tourism and that it possesses all the preconditions needed for visits by a very demanding clientele is confirmed by the latest ranking of the most prestigious global travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveller.

The five-star Le Meridien Grand Hotel Lav recently opened its doors in the Split-Dalmatia County. This large hotel complex is situated in Podstrana, a settlement not far from the city of Split, and had been closed for the past fifteen years.

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Photo club Split hosted the second graphic art biennial called ''Splitgraphic''. The biennial can be visited by interested parties during the month of October and December. The project is made up out of works of domestic and foreign authors. Out of multitude submitted photographs six-member jury selected seven prominent Croatian artists and three from New York City. The skeleton of the exposition called Split - New York, more or less thematically vague, is actually an artist's vision of urban city and pastoral everyday moments of certain individuals.