Naslov
Tourism on Croatian Islands - Pride and Prejudice

Autori
Brkić-Vejmelka, Jadranka ; Pejdo, Ana ; Blaće, Ante

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

Izvornik
The 2018 IGU Thematic Conference: Рractical geography and XXI century challenges, part 2 / - Moskva : Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018, 243-243

ISBN
978-5-94101-343-2

Skup
The Thematic Scientific Conference of the International Geographic Union (IGU): Practical Geography and XXI Century Challenges

Mjesto i datum
Moskva, Ruska Federacija, 04.06.2018. - 06.06.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
tourism ; Zadar Islands ; socio-economic changes ; demographic crisis

Sažetak
The development of tourism on Croatian Islands started in the second half of the 20th century and until today it became dominant and in some cases the only viable economic activity. Impact of tourism can be seen on almost all islands but there are significant differences regarding the number of tourists and accommodation units that are proportional with the size of the islands and their proximity to the mainland. Bigger islands, bridged islands and the ones closer to mainland have record higher numbers of arrivals and accommodation units. Tourism also influenced land use and landscape changes. Former agricultural zones are nowadays abandoned and natural reforestation took place. Simultaneously, the built-up area (touristic infrastructure) has increased several times. At the moment most Croatian Islands are facing serious demographic crisis. That is the reason why tourism is expected to become a cohesion force that could keep islanders on the islands providing better living conditions and higher living standard. This paper is putting in correlation tourism and socio-economic changes on Zadar Islands as a case study area. Based on statistical data analyses, survey and field research it can be concluded that the tourism has not yet reversed negative socio-economic process on Islands although in some cases it has positive impact on population and economy.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geografija

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