Source: Ministry of Tourism and Sports
The Ministry of Tourism and Sports has published a Public Call for Proposals Competitiveness of the Tourism Economy 2026 – Green and Digital Transition of Entrepreneurs in Tourism for the award of low-value grants totaling EUR 3,403,640.00.
The program is intended for small business entities registered for hospitality and/or tourism activities, family farms/farmers registered for the provision of hospitality services, entities in nautical tourism, and natural persons – renters in households with the Local Host/Your Host recognition mark.
37 million euros for the tourism industry
“With this Public Call, we are continuing to support the development of the sustainability of small businesses, family farms and agricultural businesses, and starting this year for the first time, we are introducing a measure by which we co-finance homestay service providers with the label Your Host/Local Host. This is another segment of our assistance to precisely those real, indigenous hosts. Through five measures, we focus on activities that contribute to the development of innovative and sustainable tourism products and services, improving processes in the hospitality business that are environmentally acceptable, the circular economy, increasing energy efficiency and digitization of business processes. With this year’s Call, we have secured a total of 37 million euros for this purpose, and more than 4,100 projects have been co-financed through the program,” said Minister of Tourism and Sports Tonči Glavina.
The grant award program consists of measures A – Hotels, B – Family farms/farmers not in the ITR I Tourism Development Index area, C – Tourist agencies, D – Nautical tourism vessels and E – Electric vehicle charging stations.
Measures A – C
For measures A, B and C, the total amount of support planned is €2,203,640.00, and they relate to:
Measure A – existing facilities that have a decision on the type and category of hospitality facility from the Hotels group: Hotel, Heritage Hotel, Diffusion Hotel, Aparthotel, Tourist Village, Tourist Apartments (exclusively those categorized by the Ministry), Spa types of hotels and Pension – comfort, provided that they are not in the area of the Tourist Development Index ITR I.
Measure B – family farms / farmers not in the ITR I Tourism Development Index area.
These two measures co-finance the costs of using renewable energy sources, reducing the carbon footprint, digitalizing business and reducing pollution in work processes, and improving and increasing the quality of the offer.
Measure C – tourist agencies, which will co-finance costs related to the improvement of work processes through the purchase of audio-visual equipment for guiding and informing tourists, especially disabled people, and the purchase of equipment used for the implementation of excursions and package tours.
For these three measures, an award procedure is being carried out with the evaluation of project proposals according to predetermined criteria. The public call in the form of a temporary public call is open from 3 to 30 July 2026. 2024.
Measures D – E
Through Measures D and E, projects in the amount of €1,200,000 will be co-financed, and they relate to:
Measure D – nautical tourism vessels, with the aim of encouraging the green transition of our tourist fleet for multi-day cruises and excursions, as well as vessels in the charter fleet.
Measure E – electric vehicle charging stations, which aims to establish the largest possible network of electric vehicle charging stations and co-finances the purchase of equipment for this purpose. The measure is intended primarily for natural persons – renters in households with the Local Host / Your Host recognition mark, but also for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (trade companies outside the public sector, crafts and cooperatives) registered for hospitality and/or tourism activities and the provision of accommodation services.
The public call for measures D and E is implemented as a permanently open call on a first-come, first-served basis until the available funds are used up. Applications will be accepted starting on 31 July at 9:00 a.m. and closing on 31 August 2026 at 12:00 p.m. at the latest.
Applications with all required attachments are submitted exclusively online on the TuRiznica platform, and all information about the Public Call can be found at the following link.
