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Hunting tourism in Croatia – Possibilities and restrictions - Case study Vukovar Srijem County

There is a significant growth of all segments in hunting in the last decade in the Republic of Croatia (number of hunters, hunting lodges and similar). However, adequate offer of high quality, dedicated and attractively prepared hunting grounds, as well as inevitable contents that accompany this kind of tourist offer, still do not exist. Croatia has basic resources, but in hunting-tourist sphere it is not even close to the developed offer of the countries in the European Union. It is more or less possible to develop hunting tourism of different levels in existing hunting grounds in Croatia. There are individual efforts of promotion of hunting tourism that are mostly based on enthusiasm of single hunting associations or county federations that try to represent the beauty and value of hunting destinations of this region, but they do not often come across the necessary support of competent local and state institutions. There are many problems the creators of such local development and marketing programs come across, but the most significant are the lack of understanding by the competent authority for the problems regarding hunting tourism and shaping of integral tourist package that comes with it. Due to that there are no necessary investments, there is a lack of promotion in domestic and foreign media, and the local inhabitants are not informed about possible use of their own resources. It is possible to significantly change the situation for the better by creating additional cooperation between more units of local self- administration, hunting societies with the same or similar tourist features, tourist boards and development agencies which are active in the region and other tourist subjects. It is joining into “clusters” which present a great development possibility due to their current financing by the competent ministries and the European Union. This paper considers variations of possible development models, and on a specific case of Vukovar-Srijem County shows how theoretical model can find its application in a hunting-tourist underdeveloped region.

hunting tourism ; tourism product ; triplehelix ; competitiveness of the region ; clusters in tourism

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