The Rise and Rise of Croatia for Sailing Holidays

Since the wars ended the growth of the croatian yacht charter (see http://www.gyc-croatia.com) industry has been little short of astonishing. In an industry notoriously short of credible statistics, we suspect that Croatia must now be a serious rival to Greece. There are a number of expalanations for this remarkable success:

The country is naturally blessed with sailing waters as good and varied as anywhere in the world.

After the war, the Croatian government went out of its way to encourage and indeed subsidise the re-building and building of the necessary infrastructure - most obviously the marinas.

Northern Croatia is a 4 hour drive fr...
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