Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.1080/1331677X.2022.2142631
Impact of COVID-19 on Croatian island tourism: a study of residents’ perceptions
Željka Kordej-De Villa
Sunčana Slijepčević
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, which marked the whole of 2020,
caused numerous difficulties in the economies and the health systems
of all countries and led to a global economic and health crisis.
This paper explores citizens’ attitudes towards tourism on
Croatian islands during the COVID-19 pandemic using survey data
from over 200 islanders. The results reveal that almost one-third
of the citizens considered the islands overcrowded with tourists
in the pre-pandemic period. The survey results indicate a link
between the expected impact of the development of tourism, citizens’
attitudes towards tourism, and their willingness to take a
larger health risk due to the pandemic. The results also show that
islanders’ attitudes toward economic measures taken during the
COVID-19 pandemic were not homogenous and were significantly
different depending on the size of the island
Keywords
Islands; tourism; COVID-19; local economic development; citizens; attitudes
Hrčak ID:
306769
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2023.
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