July the 26th, 2023 – Inflationary pressures and often nothing more than post-Eurozone access greed has seen prices shoot up. While most in positions of power keep skirting around the issue, Rovinj mayor Marko Paliaga says things have become too expensive in a brutally honest statement.
As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, crews from three national television stations arrived and spent time in the gorgeous Istrian city of Rovinj over more recent days. In this, otherwise the most visited of all of Istria’s enviable destinations, journalists tried to find out what this year’s season will be like. Rovinj has been referred to as the champion of Croatian tourism repeatedly.
The peak for Rovinj hasn’t yet been reached
Usually, at this time of year, things in terms of tourism should already be at their peak for Rovinj. It isn’t quite there yet, and everyone is kind of waiting for when the boom will happen, writes local portal Glas Istre/The Voice of Istria.
Television stations wanted to tell their story in a few minutes through a few stereotypical statements, meaning that the core of the problem was, as it often is, entirely missed.
The fact is that restaurateurs and all sorts of workers from the trade sector continue to feel dissatisfied about black holes and gaps appearing even during the month of July. Rovinj has very many empty beds. Social media also became heated. Depending on who the comments are coming from, it has been stated that Rovinj is an international brand so not everyone can afford it, and other people have been complaining that the price of the services had to increase because the cleaners and their services have become much too expensive.
Rovinj Mayor Marko Paliaga also reacted. As a university professor with a PhD in city branding, he was brutally honest in his statement for Glas Istre. He publicly admitted that the prices are too excessive this summer, especially in Rovinj.
