PHOTOS: Croatian airports begin use of eGates and EES kiosks

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Croatia’s three busiest airports – Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik – introduced Automated Border Control (ABC) gates this month, enabling self-service passport checks to speed up the process of entering and leaving the country. These gates allow eligible citizens and residents from the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland to scan their biometric passport or ID, have their face automatically verified by a camera and pass through. Each airport has multiple gates for both arrivals and departures, helping reduce queues and improve passenger flow. Alongside them, airports have also installed new Entry/Exit System (EES) machines, which register travellers from non-EU countries by recording their passport details, fingerprints and facial image, after which they can proceed to passport control booths, where the same process can be completed if it has not been done at the pre-registration kiosks. This registration is generally required only once, meaning that passengers who have entered and left any EU state on or after April 10 typically do not need to repeat the procedure on subsequent trips.