"Silver Flower of Europe" for Mali Losinj

In the British city of Cardiff an awards ceremony for the "Golden Flower of Europe" awarded by the European Association for the flowers and landscape has recently been held.
"Gold" in the category of cities was won by the Dutch city of Arnhem, while Mali Lošinj won the "silver" in the same category and thus demonstrated a high level of organization and investements which have been going on for years. Criteria for judging were the quality of life, decoration of green areas and parks, the appearance of city streets and squares and concern for tradition and history.
Croatia is the only state that is not a member of the European Union and is participating in this competition. All tourist workers from the island of Losinj and Croatian tourism representatives who were present at the award ceremony in Cardiff expressed great satisfaction with the prize which was presented to the town of Mali Lošinj.

Millionth guest on Losinj

This weekend 23,600 guests stayed on the island and it also seems that the "feragosto" will be a bit longer this year, so Italians will stay the most numerous guests at least until 20th of August.
Durdica Simicic, director of the Tourist board, explains how despite all problems one millionth guest this year came 4 days earlier than last Summer. Tourist results are not only good for the high point of the season, the increase was also registered for the first 6 months of the year. The only difference is that guests are now more concentrated in private accommodation units and camps.
When all things are considered, there are many reasons for optimism this year. Miss Simicic also highlighted, like in one of her previous interviews, that these good results are the effect of good cooperation between all tourist workers on the island.

Mali Losinj won a prestigious award

Mister Vinko Plestina, chairman of the board of Interstas, sent to Gari Capelli, mayor of Mali Losinj, a letter in which he congratulates him on winning a prestigious tourism award "Golden Interstas 2009" and wishes him luck on the ceremony for the "Golden flower of Europe 2009", which is held on September 25th 2009 in Cardiff.
"Golden Interstas" is in fact a reward meant to value those destinations in Croatia that know how to manage their tourist offer and thus contribute to the international reputation and promotion of Croatia. The ceremony was held under the sponsorship of Stjepan Mesic, the president of Croatia, and the Croatian parliament.

Island of vitality and health

The crisis has created many problems and most of the destinations all over the Adriatic are calculating their losses, but situation in Mali Losinj is quite different. The season so far was rather successful so the number of guests is 1% higher and the number of night's accommodations is 2% higher than last year.
Director of Losinj Tourist board Durdica Simicic the business politics and the results. Cooperation with private accommodation owners is very important and they are the ones who generated these favorable results. Throughout the entire year the Board organizes many courses and educational programs for apartment owners, as well as providing them with online support and internet marketing. A destination marketing campaign was also crucial in creating a good brand out of Losinj island by highlighting all that Losinj has to offer to visitors, especially the possibility of an active and healthy vacation in the island's rich nature. This approach is shared among all tourist workers on the island, so it is realistic to expect a further development of Losinj's tourist offer.

Losinj forever

Losinj tourist operators were extremely pleased and proud that they could treat their faithful guest, Mrs. Gertrud Zilken from Munich, with a cake, champagne and a gift package on the occasion of 50 years of her arrival to the island of Losinj.
After this impressive data, there is almost no need to say anything more about her opinion on Losinj. She has really witnessed all the changes in the last five decades and was a witness of the development of tourism oof Losinj. Currently she regularly stays in hotel Vespera in Mali Lošinj, which was renovated this year. As the largest benefits of Losinj she states natural beauty unlike anywhere else. Although she visited many world destinations, Mrs. Zilden still comes to Losinj and we believe she will continue to come, even though she is 85 years old, which is a great compliment for the local tourist workers.