Naslov
Literary tourism in Croatia

Autori
Vidak, Ivana ; Bosnić, Irena

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
28th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development / - Pariz, 2018, 277-282

Skup
28th International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development

Mjesto i datum
Pariz, Francuska, 19.04.2018. - 20.04.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
culture, cultural institutions, library, literary tourism

Sažetak
Visitors are attracted to places associated with literature and writers because people want to know more about writers, their real life, real places and events. In that way they can relate to them. On the other hand, visitors are not interested just in writers and their life, they also want to see places depicted in literary works. In this context, literary tourism has been developing as a niche of cultural tourism, including both educational elements and entertainment and literary experience, stemming from the fusion of literature, natural and cultural heritage and various cultural and recreational events. Cultural institutions, such as literary museums, memorial museums of writers, literary archives, memorial rooms, memorial centers, cultural centers of a particular writer, and so on, as the main holders of literary tourism offer, must be governed by elements of the literary tourism offer and responsible for the interpretation. The objective of this paper results from the aforementioned facts and it aims at determining the characteristics of literary tourism in Croatia (tourism attraction system, tourism offer and demand) and analyzing the encouraging and restrictive factors of developing this type of tourism in the context of the existing trends on the tourism market. Accounting for the research objective, the theoretical elaboration of the described issues shall include the documentation analysis method, the method of analysis and synthesis, and the comparative method, while the method of analysis web pages key stakeholders of literary tourism will be applied for the purpose of collecting primary data. Contribution of the paper will be shown as identification of key determinants for future development of literary tourism in Croatia and development potential for the tourism product based on the personality of the writer.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti, Književnost

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