The Minister of Tourism and Sports, Ms Nikolina Brnjac, held a meeting with representatives of the Croatian Institute of Public Health on the topic of starting with the vaccination of tourism workers and setting up additional locations for testing tourists. The priority vaccination of 70,000 tourism workers will begin in mid-April and include permanent employees in the tourism sector and seasonal workers.

Based on a new decision and agreement between the Croatian National Tourist Board and the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure, payment of nautical tourist tax is now only possible and exclusively through the online portal nautika.evisitor.hr. Accordingly, boat owners can no longer purchase on the premises of port authorities and branches.

More than 36,000 arrivals and about 140,000 overnight stays were recorded in Croatia during the Easter holidays, in the period from Friday, April 2 to Monday, April 5 2021. Most overnight stays were recorded in Istria, Kvarner, Zadar and Split-Dalmatia County. Kristjan Staničić, the Croatian National Tourist Board director, is satisfied with the numbers and believes that future tourist results will mostly depend on the epidemiological situation, adherence to epidemiological measures, and perception of Croatia as a safe tourist destination.

Ryanair, one of the leading European airlines, will be the first low budget airline at Zagreb International Airport (MZLZ), introducing 12 international flights from Zagreb to cities in eight countries. Ryanair will operate flights from Zagreb to Brussels, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Memmingen, Milan, Rome, Podgorica, Oslo, Gothenburg, Paris and London. The first flights to Brussels and Milan are planned to start as of July.

Croatia is one of the first members of the European Union to regulate a one-year temporary stay for digital nomads. To position Croatia as an attractive and well-prepared destination for digital nomads, the Croatian National Tourist Board launched a new promotional campaign, "Croatia, your new office!". As part of the campaign, a special landing page, "Croatia your new office", was created in English on the Croatia.hr website and contains all the important information related to the permit application process and stay of digital nomads in Croatia.

Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac and Director of the Croatian National Tourist Board Kristjan Staničić presented the Safe stay in Croatia project - a web platform through which all interested stakeholders in the tourism industry can find information about what Safe stay in Croatia stands for, apply for the Safe Stay label and leave their impressions. Safe stay label is an important element in establishing Croatia as a safe and desirable destination.