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Current AffairsCzech holidaymakers left stranded by travel agency once again
The summer holidays turned sour for 300 Czechs who arrived in Croatia on
Saturday, only to find out that their travel agency had not arranged their
stay in hotels, or their journey back. According to a 1999 law, insurance
against bankruptcy is obligatory for travel agencies. Nevertheless, every
year a certain number of Czech tourists find themselves abandoned in
foreign countries. The case of the Harmonie Medical travel agency is not
the first, and most likely not the last, this year.
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Press ReviewPress Review
The plight of Czech holidaymakers in Croatia, the closing night of the
Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Health Minister Marie Souckova's plans for
improving the health sector -those are some of the main stories on
Monday's front pages.
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Talking PointWhere Czechs are Going on a Summer Holiday
We all know that Prague is a major international tourist destination, but
have you ever wondered where the Czechs go on holiday? While Czech travel
agencies advertise tickets and deals for far away places all over the
world, the most popular destination for Czechs is a place not so far away.
It's somewhere Slavic, and somewhere with a sea. It's Croatia. And every
year around a million Czechs holiday there - or one-tenth of the Czech
Republic's population.
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