As Novac writes on the 4th of June, 2020, although we’re now in early June, and despite permission from the National Civil Protection Headquarters having been given to finally try to restart the Croatian economy, many working in the Croatian tourism industry have decided that some doors will remain closed, and it seems that a few of those who opened their doors to visitors still don’t have price reductions.
”The ideas or perhaps it’s better to say the recommendations at the level of our destination are that there is no need to lower prices compared to what they were at the same period last year, but to provide additional services in those existing prices, such as parking or similar things. There will be an action, like six days plus one free, or three people, then the fourth person free, and the action from the tourist board will be a free ferry in September, but there is no collective price reduction,” said the director of Losinj Tourist Board, Dalibor Cvitkovic, for Novi list, adding how Losinj is sticking to its prices because of the quality of service it offers guests.
”We’re waiting for June the 15th, it’s our D-day, because the German Government has recommended to its citizens not to go anywhere until then, and the Germans are our emitting market. We expect a lot of tourism in September, precisely because of the hope that the pandemic will be quite far behind us then. However, the potential for these 30 to 40 percent of bookings should be taken with a grain of salt, because a potential guest can cancel it at the last minute,” he said.
Thus, the price of an apartment for four people on Losinj in the peak season ranges from 80 to 100 euros, and for a hotel room, depending on the view and the hotel, is anywhere between 150 and 200 euros, which is approximately the same as it was last year, which was a record year for Croatian tourism.
On the other hand, in the Dalmatian city of Split, the prices of overnight stays range from 600 to 4000 kuna, but overnight stays there are around one thousand kuna during July, and the situation is similar in Crikvenica where the price of accommodation ranges up to around 2000 kuna.
The president of the Family Tourism Association at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, Martina Nimac Kalcina, says that there are price reductions, but it depends in which parts of Croatia you’re in and that this year a domestic guest could spend fifty percent this year when compared to what they did last year, Novi list reports.
”In Istria, the prices generally didn’t decrease, while in some parts of Croatia prices were lower by about 20 percent. The owners of luxury villas are among the most reluctant to lower ther prices, except in the case of discounts as part of certain promotions. If Croatian guests come directly to the owner of the facility, then they can certainly lower the price, given that there will be unfilled facilities this year,” explained Nimac Kalcina, adding that this year, domestic guests could easily find available accommodation for fifty percent the price they’d usually be.
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