Great news continue to arrive to Dubrovnik in 2017. At the beginning of this year The New York Times included Dubrovnik in its top list of 52 most beautiful world destinations to visit during 2017 and placed it on the high, sixth place.

Istria also made it to The New York Times list and it’s on 41st place, which in the opinion of the Mayor of Dubrovnik Andro Vlahusic talks about new perspectives of Croatian tourism.

On this occasion Mayor Vlahusic sent a letter to the Minister of Tourism Gari Cappelli, in which among other things he says that the US market is one of the world's most important source markets for Dubrovnik,which is clear if we look at numbers. Over the past year, guests from the United States were in second place with 82,287 arrivals and 254,931 overnight stays. Number of passengers from the United States on average ranges from about 200 passengers a day that is 1600 per week or during the peak of tourist season about 500 passengers a day and 3000 per week.

In the letter to the Minister Capelli Mayor Vlahusic points out that one reason for nearly triple increase in the number of arrivals and overnight stays that American guests made in Dubrovnik in the past six years is certainly globally popular Game of Thrones, which was filmed in Dubrovnik again in 2016, which was pointed out by The New York Times too.

While highlighting the excellent tourist results and records that Dubrovnik achieved Dubrovnik in 2016 Mayor Vlahusic said that according to current indicators, the number of guests from the US will continue to grow in the coming years and that with joint efforts and investments of the Ministry of Tourism, Croatian Tourist Board, Croatia Airlines and Dubrovnik Airport is necessary to get back direct air-route New York - Dubrovnik.