Croatia, where many episodes of Season 2-5 of Game of Thrones were filmed, is enthusiastically gearing up for a flood of Thrones-happy tourists. The trend began in 2011 when the massively popular series debuted, and all signs point to exponential growth of the tourist-generating phenomenon when the new season kicks off this summer.
The Game of Thrones effect on Croatian tourism and the country's general economy already is enormous. Dubrovnik, a major Mediterranean vacation city and seaport, serves as the setting for the story's capital of the Seven Kingdoms, King's Landing and "shudders under the crush of tourists, the Telegraph noted recently, adding that Croatia’s economy depends almost entirely on tourism. It's extraordinary, but HBO is allowed to film in the city in high season because the boost in employment is worth the disruption.
National and international travel agencies join countless online outfits in offering Game of Thrones trips and tours of all lengths and prices. In Croatia, these itineraries include the walled city of Dubrovnik on the Adriatic Sea, a Unesco World Heritage site, the Diocletian Palace, which dates from 300AD and another World Heritage site, the Klis Fortress, and the Krka National Park and its waterfalls, all backdrops of the gruesome battles, murderous intrigues, and fire-breathing dragons populating the latest season set on the fantasy continents of Westeros and Essos.
Fortune magazine wrote about Vetus Itinera as the best Game of Thrones agent in this part of Europe.
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