Kvarner Tourism

The close vicinity of the main emitting markets and accessibility by land, sea and air, place Kvarner among the tourist destinations with an exceptionally favourable geographical position. The coastal region, islands and mountains – three natural but very different regions at a relatively small distance from each other, make the Kvarner tourist offer diverse and very different, while its fundamental characteristics are numerous and good quality tourist product segments which rest on a rich 162 year tradition hotel-tourist, historical and cultural tradition and heritage. [>>>>>]

The diversity and richness of the plant and animal world are well known and recognised Kvarner strong suits. With about 2,700 plant species, among which there are numerous rare and endemic species, the Kvarner flora falls among the richest flora regions in Croatia. On the Island of Krk there are about 1500 plant species registered, while the plant world on the islands of Cres and Lošinj fall a little behind. The flora of Kvarner, due to its regional division and diversity in the region, offers guests... [>>>>>]

The cultural-historical heritage of Kvarner is exceptionally interesting and content full and this has resulted in the development of various selective forms of tourism, like for example ethno-tourisms, sacral and cultural tourism. In total, Kvarner has 278 protected cultural localities, of which 117 are historical entities, 161 are historical buildings and complexes. The most numerous is the profane heritage, followed by ethnological, memorial and sacral, then hydro-archaeological and archaeological heritage... [>>>>>]

To preserve the diversity of the plant and animal world in Kvarner efforts and resources are constantly being invested into ecology, into eco-activities and education. During 2005 the exponents of this work were also awarded numerous acknowledgments by international ecological and educational organisations. Among them there are 23 Blue flags for the orderliness and cleanliness of the beach and sea, 3 for marinas and 10 for functioning of eco-schools ... [>>>>>]

Kvarner is the strongest congress destination in Croatia. In 42 hotels there are more than 120 halls for gatherings and meetings with nearly 14,000 seats and the most contemporary accompanying equipment. As an example, on the Opatija Riviera there are 20 facilities which can offer business tourism, in the Rijeka region there are 4, in Crikvenica 5, in Novi Vinodolski 2 hotels, on Krk 3 hotel companies, on Rab one, on Lošinj 4 hotels and in Gorski kotar 3 hotels. A brochure on congress tourism... [>>>>>]