The Italian Federcampeggio association recently awarded the Umag camp Park Umag, a part of the Istraturist Company, a top merit award for “quality and amiability�. The award comes after a vote by members of the association that were in Croatia during the summer season of 2006 staying in 150 Croatian camps and taking part in the “Campeggi Croatia: Simpatia ed ospitalita 2006� action with the aim of discovering the qualities of these camps. During the award presentation ceremony at which the leaders of the Istraturist Company and the Federcampeggio association were present, the Italian colleagues spoke of the overall camping offer in Croatia, saying that Croatian camps were significant competitors that were, as a result of improvements and all-encompassing investments, becoming increasingly attractive to the entire camping population. The awards ceremony and the accompanying thematic workshops was held during the 13th International Motorhome, Caravan, Camping and Outdoor Vacation Show – “Mondo Natura�, held in Rimini from the 9th to 17th of September of this year, the top camping event in southern Europe, that this year pooled as many as 400 exhibitors. Istraturist has invested 11 million euros during 2005 in its 5 camps, which has raised the overall camping offer to a 4 star category. More than half of the investment was directed to the Park Umag camp, that opened the 2005 season with revamped parcels and sanitary facilities, mobile homes, special horticultural landscaping, a pool complex and a series of attractive new facilities for guests. This is also the first Croatian camp that has had a membrane bioreactor installed for filtering wastewaters. The feasibility of the investment was proven already in the first year as the camp in 2006 recorded a 25% increase in the number of guests and also won numerous awards both from guests and from professionals.