Naslov
The Life Cycle of Dubrovnik Tourism Region, Croatia

Autori
Šulc, Ivan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Abstracts of the International Conference on Tourism (ICOT) 2016: New Challenges and Boundaries in Tourism: Policies, Innovations and Strategies, Naples, Italy / Andriotis, Konstantinos - Napulj, 2016, 93-93

Skup
International Conference on Tourism (ICOT) 2016: New Challenges and Boundaries in Tourism: Policies, Innovations and Strategies, Naples, Italy

Mjesto i datum
Napulj, Italija, 29.06.2016. - 02.07.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
Teourism Area Life Cycle ; Tourism ; Dubrovnik ; Croatia

Sažetak
The city of Dubrovnik is the most famous Croatian tourist site, inscribed at the UNESCO World Heritage List. The paper analyses the life cycle of Dubrovnik and its tourism region in the period since World War II, as well as the level of demographic, socio-economic, socio-cultural and physiognomic transformation of the region. The life cycle of Dubrovnik tourism region was determined using modified Butler’s (1980) concept of tourism area life cycle. Analysis of the spatial transformation of the region was conducted using desk methods and GIS analysis. The perception of tourism and spatial transformation of the region was investigated in a questionnaire survey conducted on a sample of the local population. It was supported by the interviews conducted with the headquarters of local tourist boards. Tourism development was analysed within two separate life cycles, in respect of different factors, segmentation of tourist offer, forms of tourism and spatial processes. The first cycle was based on the classical tourist product, construction of large hotels and mass tourism, taking over the whole region. In late 1980-ih the destination started losing its attractiveness and competitiveness, which resulted in slight decline, emphasised by the war in the 1990s. The present cycle was initiated by rejuvenation of coastal and cultural tourism after the war, characterized by increased growth of private accommodation. Intensive development of cruising tourism since 2000s caused a conflict with other forms of tourism and contributed to the touristification of highly valuable Old City. Insufficiently developed complex tourist offer led to a new stagnation stage in the mid-2000s. Confronted with a possible decline, tourism authorities on different levels started to put more efforts into integrative tourism planning and development of a complex tourist offer, emphasising heritage and active holidays. Intensive tourism development caused rather favourable demographic and socio-economic processes in the narrow littoral areas, but it also deepened depopulation, population ageing and negative socio-economic processes in the remote and interior areas. Those processes reflected in the dynamic tourism urbanization of the coastal strip into a homogeneous riviera, and the degradation of attractive cultural landscapes in the interior.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geografija

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