{"id":13298,"date":"2020-12-08T07:57:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T06:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwehle.eu\/wp\/?p=13298"},"modified":"2020-12-08T08:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T07:07:36","slug":"banned-almost-everywhere-else-in-europe-u-s-tourists-are-finding-their-way-to-croatia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/?p=13298","title":{"rendered":"Banned almost everywhere else in Europe, U.S. tourists are finding their way to Croatia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans are one of the most desirable guests in Dubrovnik,\u201d said Slavica Grke\u0161, the owner of Dubrovnik-based Dominium Travel, an agency that does frequent business with Americans. \u201cWhen on vacation, they are always in a good mood: very interested in getting to know the people and culture they are visiting, and willing to pay for a good experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

Croatia, which closed itself off early in the spring to keep coronavirus infections low, hit zero reported cases within its borders in May and reopened to visitors from all countries in July, with testing requirements in place. The move made Croatia the only nation in the European Union to accept travelers from the United States.<\/p>\n

That continental distinction has not changed, even as Croatia\u2019s cases have risen and as it\u00a0implemented a partial national shutdown last week<\/a>\u00a0that included closing bars and restaurants and banning weddings through Christmas.<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

According to Matana, most of his American guests in 2020 have been people who had covid-19 and recovered, remote workers or people who couldn\u2019t stand to give up traveling. Nik\u0161a Kle\u010dak, CEO of Croatia\u2019s Kompas Rent a Car, has noticed similar trends, plus one more of note: \u201cThis time,\u201d he said, \u201cthe Americans, when they found an alternative way to come to Europe, were not here to spend just a couple of weeks, but rather several months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarah Morlock, a 31-year-old freelance writer and social media manager from Indiana, is one such case. A roaming remote worker, she spent October and November working from Croatia with her partner.<\/p>\n

\u201cDubrovnik has always been on our list of places to visit,\u201d Morlock said. \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful city, and it has better weather this time of year than many other places in Europe. Personally, when choosing a place to stay and work, I often look for historical cities with decent infrastructure (such as good WiFi), a foodie culture and access to nature. Dubrovnik checks all those boxes …“<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The „always in a good mood: very interested in getting to know the people and culture they are visiting, and willing to pay for a good experience\u201d I found both amusing and accurate, and reminded me of my own interaction<\/a> with Americans in Dubrovnik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Post: \u201cAmericans are one of the most desirable guests in Dubrovnik,\u201d said Slavica Grke\u0161, the owner of Dubrovnik-based Dominium Travel, an agency that does frequent business with Americans. \u201cWhen on vacation, they are always in a good mood: very … Weiterlesen →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwehle.de\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}