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Attitudes of the local population about Eu funds as a means for of tourism development in Virovitica-Podravina County

In Europe, the strongest receptive tourist region in the world, tourism plays an extremely important role. There are thus many opportunities for funding and / or co-financing through EU grants for projects related to the promotion and development of tourism, especially in underdeveloped regions and rural areas. The availability and number of opportunities offered by European funds for tourism development are becoming of a significant importance for Croatia as a full member of the EU and a country where tourism is a fairly important sector. This is especially true for underdeveloped tourist destinations of continental Croatia and its rural areas, so many continental counties are becoming exemplary examples of successful withdrawals and implementation of projects aimed at improving tourism. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the success of the use of grants for the purpose of tourism development, but also to assess whether public calls for EU grants are adapted to real needs of Croatian rural tourism. The theoretical part of this paper questions these issues. As tourism development has a significant impact on the life of the local community in which it takes place, the empirical part of the paper examined the attitudes of the local population of Virovitica-Podravina County on the purposefulness of the use of available grants, as well as their perceptions of the benefits that the implemented projects brought to the local population and improving the county's recognition as a desirable tourist destination.

EU Funds, EU grants, tourism, projects, local population, Virovitica-Podravina County

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