ILODDON, England – ICroatia kulindeleke ukuthi ibone ukwanda okukhulu kwezokuvakasha kuleli hlobo ngenxa yokwamukelwa kwayo e-EU kanye nokumenyezelwa kokuncishiswa kwentela yokuthengisa ngo-15% ezinsizeni zezivakashi okuqale ukusebenza ngoJanuwari. Lezi zinguquko zisho ukuthi amaBrits afuna ukuya eholidini ezweni laseMedithera angase azithole esenesivumelwano esingcono ohambweni lapho imali eyongiwe idluliselwa kubavakashi bamaholide.
UMichael Bond we-121carhire.com uthe: “I-Croatia ithatha izinyathelo ezinhle zokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha nomnotho wayo ukuyisiza ukuthi iqhudelane nezindawo ezithandwa kakhulu ngamaholide njengeSpain neTurkey. Ngokukhanya kwelanga okungaphezu kwamahora angu-2,700 ngonyaka kanye namabhishi aso anesihlabathi esimhlophe, isiba yindawo edumile yokuvakasha. Izibalo zethu zakamuva zithole ukuthi izindawo ezidume kakhulu e-Croatia zokuqasha izimoto kuze kube manje izikhumulo zezindiza i-Dubrovnik, i-Pula, i-Zagreb ne-Split ngokulandelana, futhi silungiselela isidingo esikhulu nakakhulu kulezi zindawo kuleli hlobo.
I-Croatia, eneziqhingi ezingaphezu kwe-1,000 ezigcwele ugu lwayo, kubikwa ukuthi isibone ukwenyuka ngo-43% kokubhukha ngo-2013. Lokhu kulandela izindaba zikaNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha, u-Veljko Ostojic, zokuthi intela yokuthengiswa kwezinsiza zezivakashi izokwehliswa isuka ku-25% iye ku-10% kuphela. Okwamanje ezokuvakasha ziyingxenye eyodwa kwezinhlanu zomnotho wezwe, ingxenye yomnotho waseSpain, futhi izwe selilulama ekuwohlokeni komnotho okuthathe iminyaka emithathu.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Croatia is expected to see a large increase in tourism this summer thanks to its admittance to the EU and the announcement of a 15% sales-tax cut on tourist services which came into effect in January.
- Our recent figures found that the most popular places in Croatia for car hire to date are Dubrovnik, Pula, Zagreb and Split airports respectively, and we are preparing for an even higher demand in these areas this summer.
- “Croatia is taking great steps to boost its tourism and economy to help it compete with traditional holiday hotspots such as Spain and Turkey.
