April 13, 2023 – Croatian tourism has always been an interesting point of discussion. And while the new national currency made some things simpler, it might have come with some complications.
As Poslovni / Glas Istre write, the introduction of the euro in Croatia not only enabled Croats to better understand the relationship to prices in other countries, and to conclude how expensive it is here, but also for foreigners to do the same. So these days in Slovenia, the prices in the neighbouring tourist country, where usually they love going, have become a point of discussion.
They are particularly active in the Facebook group “Kampiranje je zakon”, where a photo of a receipt from a restaurant in a Poreč camp was published. A Slovenian woman ordered a glass of wine and two scoops of ice cream and paid 24 euros, that is, 180 kuna.
A similar thing happened to the famous Slovenian restaurateur who runs the Lars & Sven burger bar chain. A few days ago, he visited Umag and shared a photo of a bill from a tavern on Facebook. He paid 28 euros, or 210 kunas, for one serving of calamari.
“Lijepa naša, no thanks. What’s worse, the calamari were not from the Adriatic at all,” wrote Primož Novak, adding that perhaps the time had come to sober up.
Horrified Slovenians also published the prices of drinks and crepes at ordinary stands. So they noted that a single crepe with Nutella in Poreč cost 6.50 euros, and a beer in one of Poreč’s restaurants cost 5.10 euros.
“This is sick. I think we will have to go back to the habit of the old days when we just brought everything with us,” the comments read.
And in the end, the Slovenians state that all this is just the beginning, that is, the pre-season. They’re wondering what the prices will be during the actual season.
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