Biograd Health and Tourist Center,

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Biograd Health and Tourist Centre is a project held by County, whose goal is a development of medical tourism offer within the Special Orthopedic Hospital in Biograd na Moru. It involves creating a new health and tourist center next to the existing hospital building.

In addition to the construction of new accommodation capacities and medical service facilities needed for various health treatments and therapies, the Project includes wellness and recreational area with indoor and outdoor amenities.

ESTIMATED VALUE

Estimated value: 25 mil EUR. LOCATION

The designated location is adjacent to the Special on and the Vrana Lake). It is a well-known Orthopedic Hospital in northern part of Biograd na Moru, tourist and nautical center in the midpoint of the Adriatic easily accessible from Adriatic Tourist Road (Jadranska coast, with over a century-long tourist tradition. It offers turistička cesta). Zadar International Airport is 28 km, while a wide variety of sports and recreational capacities, the -Split Highway is 22 km away. several marinas and rich gastronomic offer in numerous restaurants along the coast. In addition to its cultural The Town of Biograd na Moru is surrounded by national heritage and vicinity to the historical cities of Zadar, parks ( Islands, , , The Krka Šibenik and Nin, Biograd na Moru is considered as a Waterfalls, Plitvice Lakes) and nature parks (Telašćica destination for an interesting and dynamic vacation. TRANSACTION MODEL

Several possibilities are offered to the potential investors, including construction/concession, public-private partnership and other contract arrangements. This project, under the conditions stipulated by the Law on Investment Promotion (OG 102/15) can qualify for investment incentives. For more information, please refer to Section 5: Incentive Measures for Investments Projects. CURRENT STATUS

In accordance with the urban development plan, the area of 60,000 m2, owned by the Project holder, is foreseen for the construction of health and tourist facilities.

The preparation of the project documentation is currently in process. The pre-study of development of health tourism has been made by Zadar County Development Agency, ZADRA NOVA. Feasibility study as well as cost-benefit analysis have been finalized. A public tender for the creation of the urban-architectural preliminary design has been implemented and a contractor has been chosen.

The project is in accordance with the spatial planning documents and the preliminary design has been made. Public call for expressions of interest for the development of Biograd Health and Tourist Centre was announced in September 2016.

Croatian Chamber of Economy, Rooseveltov trg 2, 10 000 Zagreb, DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this document has been provided by Croatian Chamber of Economy. Purpose of this document is to give short information about companies and/or investment possibilities to potential investors. The profile is for information purposes only. No responsibility or liability is accepted for the information in this document. Project name: Biograd Health and Tourist Center Address: 23 210 Biograd na Moru

PLANNED FACILITIES

Facility size:

• Gross floor area: 6,000 m2

• Ground floor size: 6,000 m2

• Total land area: 60,000 m2

• Allowed construction density: 0.3

• Allowed construction efficiency: 1.5

ZADAR COUNTY

Population (2011): 170,017 County Tourist Board, they amount to 130,577 beds, with GDP per capita (2013): 8,173 EUR a majority (57.5%) in private accommodation. There are Unemployment rate (2015): 17.7% 44 hotels (one 5-star and 20 4-star). As a successful tourist region in , Zadar County recorded 7.2 million Average gross monthly salary: 981 EUR overnight stays in I-VIII/2016 (11.1% of all overnight stays Average gross monthly salary in the sector (tourism): 988 EUR in Croatia), most of these by foreign guests.

Zadar County is situated in northern Dalmatia in Croatia. The centrepiece of the County’s rich tourist offer is its 2 The County’s total area of 7,487 km consists of both sea capital – the City of Zadar which is a focal point to the and land. It is well connected via road, sea and air, i.e. the archipelago of more than a hundred islands. Most of them Zagreb-Split- Highway, good ferry connections are uninhabited and contain highly preserved sceneries with Italy and the rest of Croatia and an international and attractive coastal zones. These areas are foreseen airport. The shortest maritime connections to central Italy for further development and enrichment of the County’s pass through the Port of Zadar. Equally important is Zadar tourist offer. The County is conveniently located near Airport which is a popular tourist entry point with 39.9% some of the most attractive Dalmatian sights, including growth in the number of passengers in the first ten months national parks Kornati and Krka and the famous extreme of 2016 compared to the same period 2012. sports location Paklenica. The County’s tourism potential The County’s most important sectors are trade (30%); has been recognized internationally with brands such manufacturing industry (19%) – food industry, metal as Falkensteiner present in the County, while serious production, production of vessels, textile industry; investments in Zadar County’s marinas have been made by transport and storage (13%); fishery and agriculture (8%), the renowned Dogus Group. construction (8%) and tourism (7%). The main export Zadar is also an ancient European university city with a markets are Japan (21%), Italy (19%), Slovenia (9.5%) and tradition since 1396. It offers 24 academic departments, Germany (9.4%) while the most exported products are such as: Agriculture and Mediterranean Aquaculture, aluminium products (43.7%), fish – fresh and processed Economics, Traffic and Maritime Studies, English, German, (34.7%) and machinery (7.9%). Italian and French Studies, Tourism and Communication With tourism gaining a more prominent role in the County’s Sciences Department and Humanities Department, economic structure, there is an emphasis on extending with approximately 5,800 undergraduate, graduate, local accommodation capacities. According to Zadar postgraduate and doctoral students. CONTACTS Croatian Chamber of Economy, International Affairs Sector; www.hgk.hr, www.investincroatia.hr, e-mail: [email protected] Ms Silva Stipić Kobali, Managing Director Zadar County Development Agency – ZADRA, www.zadra.hr, e-mail: [email protected]

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