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16 REGION<br />
EUROPE<br />
No excuses to feel<br />
bored in Frankfurt<br />
in 2020<br />
The city of Frankfurt, one of Germany’s major metropolis, has<br />
plenty of highlights on offer all year round. 2020 will be no<br />
exception to the rule!<br />
Croatia stand at <strong>ITB</strong> <strong>Asia</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Croatia is to<br />
become yearround<br />
destination<br />
Croatia Tourism Minister Gari Cappelli believes that<br />
the country is turning into an all-year round tourism<br />
destination.<br />
The year <strong>2019</strong> could generate a<br />
new record for Croatia tourism<br />
as foreign tourist arrivals<br />
were up by 6% during the first<br />
half of the year to reach 5.85<br />
million and 22.93 million<br />
overnight stays (+3%). The<br />
good performance is due to<br />
the increased appeal of Croatia<br />
during the pre-season.<br />
been made in many segments<br />
of this sector by high-quality<br />
approaches and models to<br />
extend the tourist season.<br />
“Ongoing extension of the<br />
season was not happening<br />
by chance and that it was<br />
the result of endeavours by<br />
all stakeholders in the tourist<br />
trade,” he declared.<br />
Frankfurt is worth a visit at<br />
every time of year and not only<br />
for businessmen coming to<br />
Germany’s financial capital.<br />
Many festivals and events are<br />
announced for 2020.<br />
Year 2020 already starts on 23<br />
October as the Städel Museum<br />
presents “Making Van Gogh”, an<br />
exhibition focusing on the diverse<br />
synergies between the painter and<br />
the German art scene of the time.<br />
Running until 16 February, 2020,<br />
the exhibition will be featuring<br />
artworks on loan from some of the<br />
world’s most renowned museums<br />
Every two years, a spectacular<br />
light show known as the Luminale<br />
lights up Frankfurt’s imposing<br />
skyline. The next such event will<br />
take place from 12 to 15 March<br />
and includes the “Light Walk”, a<br />
city tour of the illuminated sights.<br />
Another important event is<br />
the reopening of the Jewish<br />
Museum scheduled for April<br />
2020. The modernised museum<br />
will be presenting a permanent<br />
exhibition on Jewish history and<br />
culture in Frankfurt as well as<br />
temporary exhibitions.<br />
On 1 May, the traditional German<br />
Classic Eschborn- Frankfurt<br />
cycling race takes place all across<br />
the Rhine-Main region including<br />
Frankfurt.<br />
During the summer, fans of<br />
electronic music can experience<br />
the World Club Dome dubbed as<br />
the world’s largest club music<br />
show from 5 to 7 June. Not to<br />
be missed is the much-loved<br />
Apple Wine Festival, to be held<br />
at the Rossmarkt from 7 to 16<br />
August.<br />
The Main river will also be<br />
serving as the backdrop for the<br />
renowned Museumsufer Festival<br />
(Museums’ Riverbank Festival)<br />
which takes place from 28 to 30<br />
August featuring countless arts<br />
and crafts exhibitors, food stalls<br />
and artists’ performances.<br />
Last but not least, the Christmas<br />
Market of Frankfurt is considered<br />
one of the most beautiful around<br />
the country. The 2020 edition will<br />
be held on the Römerberg, St Paul’s<br />
Square and the Hauptwache from<br />
23 November to 22 December<br />
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“One of the main priorities in<br />
the management of our tourism<br />
policy is the strengthening of<br />
traffic in the pre-season, and<br />
the results of this year’s preseason,<br />
like the past years,<br />
show that we have managed<br />
to reach growth of tourist<br />
turnover by 20% in arrivals and<br />
15% in overnight stays in the<br />
last three years,” Cappelli said.<br />
The minister is confident that<br />
the post-season will experience<br />
a similar evolution to the preseason.<br />
Post-season for Croatia<br />
runs in September and October.<br />
During the third edition of the<br />
annual conference “Can the<br />
Croatian Tourism 365?”, which<br />
brought together a number of<br />
domestic and foreign experts,<br />
Cappelli commented on efforts<br />
to develop year-round tourism,<br />
adding that headway had<br />
One of the most efficient tool to<br />
extend the peak tourism season<br />
was supported, among other<br />
things, by the government’s<br />
decision to allocate over<br />
US$10.4 million in the last<br />
two years for an increase in<br />
air traffic, “as a result of this,<br />
the flight season has been<br />
extended by more than 30 days<br />
in both years, bringing more<br />
and more tourists to hotels,<br />
travel agencies, airports and<br />
elsewhere,” said Capelli. Similar<br />
measures will be implemented<br />
in 2020. From <strong>Asia</strong>, Korean Air<br />
offers a direct service between<br />
Zagreb and Seoul<br />
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St Paul’s Church, Hauptwache and the<br />
financial district in the background<br />
<strong>ITB</strong> ASIA NEWS • Thursday 17 October <strong>2019</strong><br />
www.itb-asia-news.com