Original scientific paper
The influence of tourism on the demographic development of the Croatian islands
Ivan Zupanc
orcid.org/0000-0003-2926-4803
Vuk Tvrtko Opačić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9483-3609
Ivo Nejašmić
Abstract
The essay deals with the study of the role of tourism within the general population development on the Croatian islands. It is a fact that tourism can alleviate negative tendencies of depopulation, but it cannot stop the process. The study utilizes correlation analyzis as its main method. In both cases the population development indeks was shown on the dependent variable (y). The independent variable (x) shows the share of population employed in hospitality and tourism in the first case, and in the second the number of registered tourist nights of islands. A significant correlation was established only in the second case in the study of ten most developed tourist destinations.
Keywords
Croatian islands; demographic development; island tourism; correlation analysis; depopulation
Hrčak ID:
83076
URI
Publication date:
1.9.2001.
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