Over 90% of HBOR loans to the tourism sector approved through September backed investment projects, while the remainder was directed towards refinancing the companies' working capital, the ministry said in a statement issued after a joint conference held by tourism minister Veljko Ostojic and HBOR CEO Anton Kovacev.
Kovacev said the state-owned bank is currently reviewing loan applications from the tourism sector totalling 440 million kuna.
(1 euro=7.4469 Croatian kuna)