Naslov
Typology of tourist destinations in Dubrovnik- Neretva County (Croatia)

Autori
Šulc, Ivan

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

Skup
IGU Regional Conference in Kraków, Poland, 18-22 August 2014: Changes, Challenges and Responsibility

Mjesto i datum
Kraków, Poljska, 18.08.2014. - 22.08.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Tourism; typology; resort; destination; Croatia

Sažetak
In the period of socio-economic transition from the planned socialist economy to the capitalist market economy and recent economic crisis, that seems to have affected Croatia more seriously than the other members of the European Union, tourism in is concerned as the most prosperous and successful economic activity. However, it is marked by many issues that prevent from proper tourism valorisation of the Croatian territory, fulfilling desirable economic implications (creating new working places and development of other economic activities) and achieving more balanced regional development. Tourism in Croatia faces large unevenness in the spatial distribution (resulting in the saturation of the narrow coastal zone by over construction, overuse of space, traffic congestions etc.), high seasonality and dependency upon summer vacation or bathing tourism. Other issue is inadequate territorial organization of tourist boards, main subjects aimed to promote the tourist offer on the level of tourist destinations and to gather relevant participants in tourism, that attempt to fit the hierarchy of tourist destinations. Therefore, an appropriate geographic regionalisation of Croatia in relation to tourism based on the attraction basis, level of tourism turnover and the local residents’ perception still does not exist and it is inevitable in achieving more balanced tourism development. The goal of this research is to apply set of criteria and indicators for typology of tourist destinations based of tourism development on the case of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County in southern Croatia. The research units are tourist places/resorts and local administrative units (towns/municipalities – LAU 2). Research area comprises the Dubrovnik-Neretva County (regional administrative unit – NUTS 3) or geographical region of South Dalmatia, southernmost littoral part of Croatia. The Dubrovnik-Neretva County can be divided into four geographical subregions: Dubrovnik Littoral with the peninsula of Peljesac, Konavle, Lower Neretva Region and South Dalmatian Islands (Korcula, Lastovo, Mljet, Sipan, Lopud and Kolocep) or into 22 local administrative units. South Dalmatian destinations are in different stages of the tourism area life cycle according to the Butler’s (1980) model. Main difference exists between Dubrovnik (the most famous Croatian tourist destination) and other seaside resorts and other areas with lower level of tourism development. Beside Dubrovnik, that has developed complex tourist offer, other seaside resorts are still focused on sun and beach tourist offer. Several tourist destinations have been developing other forms of tourism recently, e. g. rural tourism in Konavle, wine tourism on Peljesac and ecotourism in Lower Neretva Region, as well on Mljet and on Lastovo. The research will base on the methodological instruments of geographical analysis and synthesis and will include collecting and analysis of statistical data (descriptive statistics), GIS analysis and spatial modelling, and visualisation of spatial data in GIS using thematic maps and other visualisation methods.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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