Pregledni rad
Contribution to the Research of the Hotel Industry in the area of the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera
Branko Blažević
orcid.org/0000-0002-7615-9136
; Fakultet za menadžment u turizmu i ugostiteljstvu Opatija, Sveučilište u Rijeci, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The author deals with the historical legacy of the hotel industry (and tourism) in the area which today covers three local governments, the Town of Crikvenica, the Town of Novi Vinodolski and the Vinodol Municipality. In the article the wide period of time from the very beginnings of the origin of the hotel industry to the end of the 20th century is covered. Especially dealt with is the role of the hotel and tourism company Jadran Crikvenica, as well as the hotel businesses in Novi Vinodolski, Selce and Dramalj, that played an exceptionally important role in the development of the entire region, but particularly in the period from the mid-1960s until the 1990s. In the paper is highlighted the period of the organisation of hoteliers of the then Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera, from the second half of the 1970s to the second half of the 1980s, when all the advantages of the relatively large organisational system became apparent, which was created with the integration of the independent businesses of Crikvenica (the hotel-tourism company Jadran), Novi Vinodolski (the hotel-tourism company Lišanj), Selce (the hotel-tourism company Slaven) and Dramalj (the hotel-tourism company Danica). These advantages are best seen in the realisation of development goals, when the overall material and personnel strength of the new Jadran was the greatest guarantee to banks, suppliers and tourist agencies. That strength ensured that Jadran freely led the process not only simply but also expanded economically, employing a large number of workers and also ensuring the significant synergy of results. The author justifiably cites the extremely dynamic period of development not only of the hotelier sector in the area of the then Municipality of Crikvenica, but also of the complete development of the entire communal as well as overall economic and social system. It is, as he states, about one exceptionally dynamic development event in the history of the hotel industry and tourism sector of the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera. The author critically refers to exceptions, that make a permanent inconsistency of those responsible in implementing the provisions of the Spatial Plan of 1988, as well as the process of the conversion and first attempts of the privatisation of hotel companies, that happened in the atypical conditions of war, and outlines the key positions connected with the development and business policies in those conditions. As highlighted in the title of the paper, it is about a contribution to the research of the hotel industry sector in the area of the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera, so this work should also be literally considered as a supplement. This means that some other future works, as well as those that have already been written so far about this subject, are only parts of a mosaic that speak about the history and historical heritage of the hotel industry (and tourism) in the area of today’s three local government units i.e. the towns of Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski and the Municipality of Vinodol.
Ključne riječi
history of the hotel industry; tourism; Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera; Crikvenica; Novi Vinodolski; Selce; Dramalj
Hrčak ID:
147510
URI
Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2014.
Posjeta: 4.310 *