As of August of this year, the Japanese airline (JAL) will establish a charter connection between one of the Tokyo airports - Narita and Zagreb. For the first time in history, Japan and Croatia will be directly connected by air. Eventually, Dubrovnik will also be included.

One of the oldest and most significant Croatian cultural institutions, the National University Library, "celebrated" its 400 years of existence at the end of February, and this important jubilee will be marked throughout the year via presentations of the most important works of Croatian literature.

A retrospective of films by Dušan Vukotić, which will be shown in cinemas across Croatia, marks the 80th year since the birth of the great Croatian director, whose 1961 film "Surogat" was the first non-American, animated film to win an Oscar.

Tourists from India are common visitors to Europe and rank among the best spenders, but many of them are already well acquainted with the countries of the European Union and wish to experience new destinations such as Croatia, which is now being promoted by a leading Indian travel agency, SOCT.