Private tourist accommodations in Istria is the fi rst service
after Istrian Malvasia, a well known Istrian wine, to be standardised
and will get the Domus Bonus – Istria Quality Apartments certifi cate.
This is a joint project of the Istria County Tourist Board, local tourist
boards and the Istrian Development Agency in the frame of which
the standards of quality accommodations for tourists will be determined.
Facilities meeting the conditions will receive a certifi cate and be
included in joint promotional activities through the tourist boards.
The guarantee of quality accommodations will for the moment be
available only to apartments, while standardisation of vacation houses
will also be carried out in time.

Private accommodations in Istria make up a fourth of the overall
tourist accommodation capacities. There are some 5 and a half thousand
people offering private accommodations, about 15 thousand
apartments and houses for rent with a total of about 50 thousands
available beds. The majority of these beds, about 33 thousand are
available in apartments of which most fall into the three star category.
This standardisation project aims therefore, to provide incentive
to private renters to improve their offer to make the entire
sector more competitive and further raise the level of occupancy.
The plan for this year is to grant the Domus Bonus brand to 500
private accommodation facilities and to increase the number with
every coming year.


taken from journalist web newsletter 05/06 http://press.croatia.hr/datoteke/2506.pdf