Naslov
Model pilgrimage routes in Croatia

Autori
Kušen, Eduard

Izvornik
Tourism : an international interdisciplinary journal (1332-7461) 58 (2010), 3; 312-317

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
religious tourism; pilgriamge routes; Croatia

Sažetak
Tourist routes, paths and roads, including the pilgrim routes, become an interesting tourist attraction and important connective tissue that complements and enriches the tourism destination product.. In a broader sense, the pilgrim routes are also cultural pathways, from the standpoint of faith but also the cultural and economic i.e. tourism standpoints as well. In this sense, a series of initiatives to revive the traditional pilgrim routes in Croatia has emerged, mainly related to the Marian shrines in Marija Bistrica, Trsat (Rijeka), Sinj, Voćin, Aljmaš, islands, etc. There are also initiatives for the establishment of new pilgrimage routes. In doing so, tourism structures show equal if not greater interest in the pilgrimage routes than religious structures. In the last fifteen years, there have been different tourism initiatives to revive the Bistrica romars’ hiking routes, both by pilgrims and tourists. The largest network of pilgrimage routes in Croatia was developed over the past 300 years in the wider environment of the Our Lady of Marija Bistrica Shrine. In the meantime, parts of the network of traditional "Bistrica" routes have been investigated and partially labeled in the framework of various projects, such as, Ivanec Romar’s Path (1998), Stepinac Path, which is labeled on the field, while its tourist map is in press, and International Marian Path, which is conducted in cooperation with Slovenia and financed by the EU pre-accession IPA fund.

Izvorni jezik
Hrvatski, engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija

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