All through the year 2012 there have been numerous reports of Dubrovnik by the world media.
Web portals, printed magazines, TV stations from all over the world: the U.S.A, Brazil, Mexico, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Turkey and Japan have been reporting on all aspects of the Dubrovnik offer, as a quality tourist destination, recommending it to their readers as a desirable place to rest and stay, with a great offer of special programs. Most announcements have been published by the British media, which is evidence of the Dubrovnik popularity among British tourists.
In early 2012 one of the major Internet portals in the U.S.A., The Huffington Post, based on data from the tourism site Uptake founded by Yen Lee – ranked Dubrovnik as the second top destination chosen by Face book users. Lee came up with interesting data by analysing over 200 million comments, statuses, photo descriptions and check-ins of Face book users that also used his site. This is a great proof of quality of Dubrovnik’s on-line promotion.
When it comes to the British media the one that stands out is BBC Travel magazine which proclaimed Dubrovnik one of the five most rewarding cities in Europe.
The Guardian, called Dubrovnik a real treat, vibrant museum and an idyllic town, and the prestigious Daily Mail enthusiastic by the cleanliness of the City recommends to its readers what not to miss in Dubrovnik. The same newspaper publishes an article about Tina Turner having fun on a yacht in Dubrovnik http://bit.ly/P0UOZJ, and furthermore it advises the six things that must be seen in Croatia with Dubrovnik being the first on the list http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2018230/Six-things–Croatia.html
The Telegraph advises buying holiday houses near Dubrovnik, as well as what to do and see in Dubrovnik while The Independent praises Croatian coast, with special emphasis on the beauty of our city.
As a tourist destination Dubrovnik is known also in the American market, and prestigious men’s lifestyle magazine GQ, which is published monthly with a circulation of more than one million copies, ranked Dubrovnik among the undiscovered cities in Europe.
Recently, the most widely read American newspaper; The New York Times has published a report about Dubrovnik titled “36 Hours in Dubrovnik” in which the author in the first sentence expresses his regret, for Dubrovnik – being revealed!
American Fox News includes Dubrovnik among the world’s top five old cities, and The Huffington Post points out Dubrovnik again placing it second among the top five most desirable honeymoon destinations.
Dubrovnik has been promoted even by reports in Swiss magazines ’24 heures’,’Tele’ and ‘Reisen und Kultur Journal’, and in highly circulated German magazine ‘Frau im Leben’. The leading German travel magazine, read by up to half a million readers, ‘Geo Saison’ published a report about Dubrovnik in ten pages, with the topic of ‘he best autumn city break’.
There has been published a report about Dubrovnik on sixteen pages in the Turkish magazine ‘JetLife’ and reports on the sixteen pages in the most circulated and oldest Japanese magazine ’25ans wedding’ of Dubrovnik as a desirable wedding destination. Benelux portal ‘Around the Globe’ recommends this southernmost Croatian city as one of the most desirable and best destinations in Europe.
The popular Brazilian television network Globo published a series of reports on Croatia, and the whole show about Dubrovnik.
We are convinced that such praise and recommendations will be an additional motive to visitors to come to our city and discover the richness and variety of its beauty and attractiveness.
Source and foto: http://www.tzdubrovnik.hr
