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Why Croatia? Ask Lonely planet!

According to the Lonelyplanet Croatia soared to the top of this year's pollafter a fourth-place finish last year. Croatia's appeal was its uniquecombination of culture, history, cuisine, accessibility and affordability. Asone staffer wrote, "This is Croatia's year. It appeals to a wide range oftravellers with its rich diversity of attractions. And it has not yet beenover-touristed, but it has developed an excellent tourism infrastructure -- sothat it suits both adventurous travellers and those who need a degree ofcomfort in their planning. Congratulations, Croatia!

Croatia among the safest destinations on the Mediterranean

BERLIN, July 25, 2005 (Hina) - Bild, the German newspaper with the highestcirculation, published, on Sunday, an analysis on the safety of tourist destinations,stating that Croatia belongs to the group of safest countries on the Mediterranean.

Croatia, not mentioned directly in the analysis, is marked green on the world map,which indicates that it is a safe destination. Among other Mediterranean countries, France,Greece and Slovenia belong to the green group. Bulgaria and Russia, also popular touristdestinations for Germans, received the ‘green light’ as well.

The map, according tothe accompanying text, was compiled based on information collected about the state ofsecurity from the ministries of foreign affairs of Germany, Austria, France, GreatBritain and the United States.

Italy and Spain were marked gray (due to the threatof terrorist attacks) because of their participation in the war in Iraq. Yellow wasused to represent countries with no threats of terrorist attacks, but with high criminalrates. According to the map, these countries are Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia andHerzegovina, Albania and the European part of Turkey.