Preliminary communication
Natural-geographic characteristics of Bjelovar-bilogora County in the function of tourism development
Nina Lončar
orcid.org/0000-0003-0795-2832
; University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia
Kristina Žganjer
orcid.org/0000-0001-7444-2942
; University of Zadar, Department of Geography, Zadar, Croatia
Abstract
Bjelovar-bilogora County is located in central Croatian basin and has favourable natural-geographical conditions for the tourism development. County has a good geographic position towards the largest urban agglomeration in Croatia, which is also the largest source of domestic travel demand. Despite its rich and diverse natural resource basis, only medical and health tourism has been systematically developed, while the increasing importance is given to hunting and rural tourism. For the purpose of this study quantitative survey on a nonprobabilistic sample consisting of Croatian citizens who have permanent residence in the area of Bjelovar County and others who have not, was conducted. Visitors are mostly satisfied with the overall tourist offer, but they have expressed a desire for a larger number of cultural and entertainment events. Further development of tourism in Bjelovar-bilogora County should be based on the upgrading and better promotion of the existing touristic offer that has many unexploited natural resources.
Keywords
natural resources; development; tourism; Bjelovar-bilogora County
Hrčak ID:
190708
URI
Publication date:
1.6.2017.
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