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Covid Rebound Boosts Croatia’s Hopes for Record Tourist Season

Tourists on Zlatni Rat beach in Bol, Croatia.

Photographer: Elisabetta Zavoli/Getty Images

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Pent-up demand for vacations in the sun is boosting the prospect of record tourist revenue for Croatia -- the European Union economy that relies most on holidaymakers.

July arrivals surged 57% from a year earlier, data released Thursday showed, backing comments last month from Tourism Minister Nikolina Brnjac that income during the peak summer period may jump 10% compared with the pre-pandemic record set two years ago.