Croatia (Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides)
by Jeanne Oliver
The third edition of Croatia contains a new colour Highlights section which showcases Croatia’s spectacular beaches and historic sights. Other new features include Detailed Itineraries and Transport chapters to make trip planning easy and an alphabetical Directory of essential information. In view of the destination’s growing popularity, Lonely Planet are also publishing the first edition Croatian Phrasebook this month for those who are interested in learning a little more of the language. The phrasebook makes the perfect companion to the Croatia guidebook.
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Lonely Planet Italy
by D. Garwood, W. Owen, M. Roddis, D. Simonis
This guide provides useful information for independent travel, suggesting hundreds of value for money restaurants and accommodation options. It also gives background briefing on all historical sights, museums and galleries.
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Top Travel Destinations
Costa Rica
Waterfall, Guanacaste
A recent survey of U.S. Visa cardholders looked at the top international travel destinations for 2007 and 2008.
Among cardholders who had traveled internationally in the past three years, the top likely destinations for 2008 were:
- Canada (46%)
- Mexico (45%)
- United Kingdom (28%)
- Italy (27%)
- France (24%)
- Bahamas (24%)
Another way of judging popularity of international destinations is the amount of money spent. In 2007,
U.S. Visa cardholders top ten spending destinations were:
- Canada - $2.9 billion
- Mexico - $1.8 billion
- United Kingdom - $1.3 billion
- Italy - $1.1 billion
- France - $975 million
- Germany - $837 million
- Puerto Rico - $741 million
- Australia - $435 million
- Spain - $431 million
- China - $414 million
Featured Destinations
Costa Rica
. Croatia’s appeal comes from the unique combination of culture, history, cuisine,
accessibility and affordability.
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