Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.51.1.3
Natural and Anthropogenic Basis of Croatian Tourism
Pavlo Ružić
; Institute of Agriculture and Tourism Poreč, Croatia
Damir Demonja
orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-5137
; Institute for Development and International Relations, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper examines Croatian rural tourism in terms of its natural and social developmental
characteristics. The main objective of this research is to recognize Croatian rural tourism
development specifics. In relation with this objective the hypothesis is set which states
that Croatia has the natural and social attractiveness which enables it to develop a special,
interesting, acceptable, competitive and sustainable rural tourism product. Research in this
paper is based on secondary sources and the analysis of various approaches to rural tourism
and views on it by domestic and foreign authors. The paper has examined and explained the
assumption that it is possible to develop rural tourism in Croatia as well as the intensity of
this development.
Keywords
Croatia; rural tourism; rural area; rural tourism product
Hrčak ID:
101799
URI
Publication date:
14.5.2013.
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