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Dubrovnik Port Cruiser Ship

According to the autumn edition of the dream world cruise destination magazine, Dubrovnik is in the tenth place amongst the top 50 most visited world ports. It has been recorded that Dubrovnik is in tenth place according to the number of transit passengers on cruise. When we talk about Mediterranean ports only Naples and livomo have more visitors than Dubrovnik. One of the main reasons why most of the tourists like to visit this area is that the top ten world’s most visited embarkation ports are from the Mediterranean including Barcelona, Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Piraeus, Venice and Palma. The best part of all is that an increase of 38.2% was recorded among the passengers on the ships with more than 890,000 passengers within the ten months.

It was also recorded that including the area of Dubrovnik-neretva most of the foreign cruise ships visited the place and spent an average of two days in Croatia. These ports have recorded the highest number of visits but Dubrovnik is a place in which 642 ships arrived which is truly worth. Well, all these reports have been made by the central bureau of statistics including that the foreign cruise ships and their passengers have spent total 1527 days on Adriatic Sea within a time period of ten months which makes 63.5% more than during the same period of the previous year. Read more

Flights to Dubrovnik Croatia

From this year holiday in Croatia will become easier to reach and the Dubrovnik will be much more accessible to the tourists. This is because from April or May this year, five low cost airlines have decided and thus, announced that new flights to Dubrovnik will be introduced by them. A German low cost airline called Germanwings, will introduce a direct flight from Hamburg to Dubrovnik and this flight will be started on 2 May, 2010. On the other hand, a British carrier Jer2.com will introduce a direct flight from Edinburgh. Blue1 is a Finnish company and it has announced to introduce a direct flight from Helsinki to Dubrovnik and this flight will be operating Saturdays from April and also on Tuesdays from May. From the end of October 2009 planes which will fly to Dubrovnik twice a week, will be flown by a company which is a part of SAS group since 1998.

Bmibaby is a British company and it has plans to operate flights between East Midlands and Dubrovnik from 30th May every Thursday and Sunday. Flyglobespan is a Scottish airline and it has announced to start a flight from Aberdeen to Dubrovnik and will start in May 2010 and will operate every Wednesday. With so many flights operating between different countries in the world and Dubrovnik, traveling to Dubrovnik will become much easier and more convenient. With better connectivity through different airlines, the number of visitors to this region will increase thus giving a boost to travel and tourism.

Dubrovnik Panorama

The city of Dubrovnik attracts many visitors all the year round. It has now decided on a new way to welcome the tourists. They have introduced tourist cards for the price of EUR 15. With the card, the tourists can take a tour of the city walls, three museums, Revelin fortress, the Dubrovnik Art Gallery, the home of Marin Drzic and the Dulcic-Masle-Pulitika gallery at a discount of 50 percent in comparison to the regular ticket prices. The card has made all the monuments more accessible to the tourists. The daily card was introduced in August and as weekly card will be introduced next year in 2010. These cards are available for sale at the info centres of the City of Dubrovnik tourist board. They are available at many locations, Siroka ulica, Lapad, Lopud, Sipan and the Dubrovnik Airport.
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Banje Beach in Dubrovnik

Many celebrities and visitors rate, Dubrovnik as their favourite destination and this year, it has got another award for its beauty. Dubrovnik Beach Banje has been ranked by the web page Skyscanner among the ten most beautiful city beaches in the world. Out of the ten beaches that have been voted five are located in USA, Canada, Israel and Australia, and this makes Banje as one of the top five beaches in Europe. About 100 meters from the beach, Skyscanner has cited the most beautiful view of the Dubrovnik old city centre. The view will be loved by everyone as per Skyscanner. The beach is the top beach with crystal clear sea along with the numerous facilities it offers and the many activities held are.
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The Entire City a Unique Stage

Dubrovnik Summer Festival

The Dubrovnik Summer Festival, traditionally held from 10 June to 25 August, will once again gather top Croatian and international musical, dance and theatrical performers. What makes this year’s festival special is that it is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The festival turns Dubrovnik, a city of exceptional beauty, into a unique stage. Its history dates back to 1950. It soon became clear that it is an exceptional cultural event. For instance, French author Claude Aveline, who took part in the very first festival, wrote ten years later that, at the time, he could never have known he was witnessing “the birth of one of the most well-known festivals of our era”. In 1956, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival became a member of the European Festivals Association (EFA). Every year, the theatre, music and dance program is exceptionally rich and it is impossible to mention all its performances and participants.
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Dubrovnik – the Ideal Location for the World’s Best Divers

On July 11th, Dubrovnik, the pearl of the Adriatic and one of the world’s most beautiful cities, hosted the world’s best divers, who tested their skills and talent at the Red Bull Cliff Diving Series 2009 competition. The fact that only incredible natural and urban locations are chosen as venues for this world-class event, and Dubrovnik and its fortress Lovrijenac indubitably belong to this circle of destinations, only adds to the divers’ excitement. Dubrovnik already was host to this event nine years ago. This year, divers, including the nine-time world champion Orlando Duque, are facing a 26-metre dive. When diving, divers only have seconds to decide which diving elements to put together, depending on the spatial factors and weather at hand. Never before did athletes have to dive eight times in a row from such a high cliff, which means that this year’s championship and its participants will push this sport to its very limits and set new standards. Only 30 to 40 athletes in the entire world have the capacity to do this exclusive and extreme sport. Read more