This autumn, direct charter flights from Tokyo, three landing in Zagreb and one in Dubrovnik, have brought tourists from Japan to Croatia. In recent years, the number of Japanese visitors has been on the rise.

After a series of successful exhibitions which have managed to draw a record numbers of visitors and restore to its former glory the Museum Area in the Upper Town, the Klovićevi Dvori Gallery has prepared another treat for the Yuletide festivities – an exhibition of works by Marc Chagall, one of the greatest painters of the 20th century.

Astronomy enthusiasts in Zagreb these days can enjoy an even better view of the vastness of space through the new telescope which was installed at the Zagreb Observatory in late November.

On the last day of November and the first few days of December, the Regent Esplanade Hotel was the perfect setting for the first Croatian luxury exhibition showcasing exclusive goods and services.

The staff of the Zagorje Development Agency has announced that “The Green Zagorje Heritage Tour” project has been launched in order to try and position the whole area of Croatian Zagorje as a cyclotourism destination.

Zagreb will end yet another year with record tourist turnover results. During the first ten months of this year, steep growth rates were recorded in tourist arrivals from all emitting markets and overseas countries.

Last year, Croatia marked the 150th anniversary of a great genius, inventor, electrical technician and physicist, Nikola Tesla. Recently, his Demonstration Cabinet at the Technical Museum, which holds replicas of his best known inventions, has been given a complete make-over.

A crew of one of the most popular Chinese broadcasting companies, China Central TV, visited Zagreb in search of material for the television series “World Film Report”. For seven years now, the series has been covering the film industries of various countries and has shown the beauties, sights and tourist destinations of these countries. So far, the Chinese television crew has visited some 40 countries. They have chosen Croatia as a country famous for its animated movies.