Summer tourism booms in Croatia

STORY: Summer tourism booms in Croatia DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in Croatia's capital Zagreb 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MISHCA KAJEE, Tourist from South Africa 3. various of tourists in the old city of Zagreb 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TESSY O'HAGEN, Tourist from Ireland 5. various of Zagreb tourist sites 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MOHAMED BAKUSH, Tourist from France 7. various of tourists STORYLINE: After two pandemic years, the Croatian tourism industry has almost completely recovered in 2022, as about one million tourists currently stay in Croatia and travel around the country. Nikolina Brnjac, the minister of tourism, recently told local media that the first half of this year was even better than the pre-pandemic 2019 when a record number of tourists visited the country. The peak tourist season in Croatia is summer, from mid-June until the end of August when tourists love to spend their holidays on the Adriatic coast, at