The goal of the reform is to amend the legislative framework to allow better management of tourism development while encouraging business investment in innovation.
The reform will be achieved through several measures including the adoption of the new Tourism Act, the creation of a Satellite account of sustainable tourism in the Republic of Croatia and the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Tourism until 2030. This will be supported by two investments that will contribute to the resilience and diversification of tourism while speeding up the green and digital transition, both to be implemented by the end of 2025.
The Recovery and Resilience Facility provides funding of EUR 1.3 million for the reform to increase the resilience and competitiveness of the tourism sector, EUR 123 million for the investment into regional diversification and specialisation and EUR 166 million for the investment to strengthen the competitiveness and fostering green and digital transition.
The Strategy for the Sustainable Development of Tourism until 2030 was adopted at the end of 2022. Public calls for two investments were published in October 2022.
The Tourism Act was adopted at the session of the Croatian Parliament on December 15, 2023 and it entered into force on January 1, 2024. The EC approved the document "Establishment of the Methodological Framework for the System of Satellite Accounts for the Sustainability of Tourism in the Republic of Croatia" which was published on December 20, 2023.
Links and media
- https://mint.gov.hr/strategija-razvoja-odrzivog-turizma-do-2030-godine/11411
- https://fondovieu.gov.hr/pozivi?page=1&statusGroup=svi&search=1.6
- https://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2023_12_156_2382.html
- https://mint.gov.hr/NPOO/dokumenti-22738/22738
- https://mint.gov.hr/vijesti/prijedlog-zakona-o-turizmu-predstavljen-u-hrvatskom-saboru/23610
- https://mint.gov.hr/NPOO/javni-pozivi-i-natjecaji-22753/22753
- https://mint.gov.hr/UserDocsImages/2023_dokumenti/231220_usp_met-satelit.pdf
- https://mint.gov.hr/news-11455/laws-on-state-property-management-and-tourism-passed/23685
- https://mint.gov.hr/odrzivi-turizam-22984/sustav-satelitskih-racuna-odrzivog-turizma-republike-hrvatske-23207/23207
- https://mint.gov.hr/vijesti-22724/zavrsena-prva-etapa-izrade-sustava-satelitskih-racuna-odrzivog-turizma-republike-hrvatske/23208
- Reference
- C1.6. R1, C1.6 R1-I1 and C1.6 R1-I2
- Project locations
- Croatia
- Project website
- https://mint.gov.hr/strategija-razvoja...