Re:Croatia to switch to euro, enter passport-free Schengen zone
by rollcat on Sunday January 01, 2023 @07:08AM
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> As a completely alternate anecdote, I'm planning to attend a conference there in 2024,and this change has made it a lot more attractive :)
I've visited Croatia about a million times in 2012-2022 (that includes pre-EU), and the border controls were almost always a non-story. They'd see the cover of an EU passport (or even the car plates) and would just wave at us to go through.
I was stopped once to have my bag searched for drugs, because you know, long hair = obviously must be smuggling drugs. But that happened near other borders too (even inside Schengen; I used to hitch hike a lot).
Re:Croatia to switch to euro, enter passport-free Schengen zone
by dogma1138 on Sunday January 01, 2023 @08:57AM
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The change has pretty much no impact on EU countries or a countries with a visa arrangement with Schengen however it made visiting Croatia for countries without a Schengen visa agreement much more difficult.
I actually wonder if it would end up being a net benefit or not because of its impact on tourism from Asia and MENA.
It does however highlight how things that are of benefit to millions, (or at least, hopefully of benefit to those millions) can have unexpected (?) impact on the few.
As a completely alternate anecdote, I'm planning to attend a conference there in 2024,and this change has made it a lot more attractive :)