It was the most frequently used cost brake to date for the now extremely expensive entry for yachts into the Kornati National Park: Anyone who tied up on the jetties of a Konob and went to eat there in the evening was not checked by the inspectors of the national park and could avoid paying the fee. For a ticket bought in the national park in the high season (June-September!), This is now around 162 euros per day for a ship from 11 to 18 meters. If you buy it online in advance, it is 50 percent cheaper.
The fact that there have been no controls at the Konoba jetties is not an official exemption, however, but was due to the refusal of the restaurant owners to allow the inspectors to visit their property. For years they have been defending themselves in this way against the fee, which they fear a sharp decline in the number of visitors to their restaurants. In recent years the national park administration tried several times to introduce controls in the taverns, but failed because of the sometimes violent civil resistance of the hosts.
But now that seems to be changing. The YACHT has a first report that a crew on site was asked by the Konoba host whether they were in possession of a national park ticket. If not, he offered them to buy a discounted ticket for 180 Kunm directly from him. The price would then be almost 50 percent below the already discounted advance booking price via the Internet or the advance booking offices on the mainland. Tthe crew had a ticket, they refused.
When asked, district expert Karl-Heinz Constant confirms a similar development: "The restaurants there and the national park administration have been looking for a solution to the fee dispute through the mediation of a ministry. It is becoming apparent that the hosts are their guests should ask whether a ticket is available. But they are not allowed to check whether it actually exists. I have received indications that some restaurants already have ticket printers."
On the website of the national park there is no corresponding information on a new regulation under the information on ticket purchase.
