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Is there room for eco golf resorts in the concept of sustainable development of tourism in Croatia?

Introduction: The concept for sustainable development of tourism in Croatia for the period until the year 2020 suggests the establishment of a favourable relationship between economy, ecology and tourism development. Croatia has predicted to connect strategic development to building mega golf resorts on the coast in order to increase accommodation capacities and overcome seasonality and to greatly increase income. Aim and methodology: The goal of this work is to show that building golf resorts might lead to long term unsustainability of the concept of sustainable tourism development. The method of terrain examination is used, as well as critical analyses of the available secondary sources. Results: Building an eco-golf resort on the island of Cres has been planned against the will of the local eco community. Although the whole complex is called “eco”, the project may lead to the devastation of landscape, loss of biodiversity, with the enormous consumption of water and energy, possible exhaustion of underground drinking water reserves and finally, bioaccumulation of chemical fertilizers and herbicides. Conclusion: Qualitative principles of development should be considered equivalent to the quantitative ones, and any aberration most seriously threatens long term development of tourism economy of Croatia as well as sustainable development in the whole.

management of sustainable development of tourism ; golf tourism ; eco resort ; environment pollution NATURA 2000

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