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Perspectives of golf tourism development in Croatia

The subject of this paper is to analyze current development of golf tourism in Croatia, and determine the limitations of its development. The main aim of this article is on the bases of case studies of planned golf course projects in three different tourist destinations: Varazdinske Toplice, Dubrovnik and the island of Cres, determine the reasons why is development of golf tourism in Croatia still in its initial phase. Although Croatia is Mediterranean country, with only five golf courses it lags behind other receptive tourism countries in the region. Hypothesis of this paper states, that for development of golf tourism it is not enough to create optimistic development plans, as it was planned in the Croatian Tourism Development Strategy 2020 which mentions the construction of 30 golf courses until year 2020. On the other hand, development of golf tourism needs to be based on the concept of sustainable development, takin into consideration its t ree principles (social, environm ental and economic sustainability). Principle of sustainable development requires a precise and argumented study for each golf project in a specific tourist destination taking into consideration all market, economic, ecologic, socio-cultural and other aspects.

golf tourism ; sustainable golf tourism development ; Croatia

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