Perspective of development of golf tourism in Croatia

Abstract

Golf tourism represents an important part of a sports tourism offer of a destination. In the last couple of decades, it has been registering growth on European and world level. Golfers are characterized as tourists with high purchasing power which was an additional stimulus for tourist destinations to invest in developing golf tourism, in order to attract a large number of golf players, and that way increase the tourist turnover with particular emphasis on tourist consumption. The primary aim of this paper was to present the current state of golf tourism offer in Europe, as well as the state of golf tourism in the Republic of Croatia, as a European Union member with the use of data from secondary sources. Based on the findings the authors presented the developmental activities.

Green Core Competencies, Green Process Innovation, and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Sustainability Consciousness, a Mixed Method Study on Golf Hotels

“…In addition, when studies on golf hotels were searched in the literature, studies on golf tourism rather than golf hotels were encountered. It was found that studies have been carried out on content analysis on golf tourism and sustainability [34]; golf tourism and security perceptions [35]; green golf tourism from the golfer's perspective [33]; contributions of tourism to destination sustainability and golf tourism in Scotland [36]; how sportive characteristics and behaviors affect destination choice for golf tourists [37]; development perspectives of golf tourism in Croatia [38]; environmental and economic tools to support sustainable golf tourism [39]; golf tourism destination management [40]; golf tourism destinations and factors affecting golfers' intention to revisit golf courses [41]; whether destination images increase intention to revisit and recommend [42]; golf tourism as an emerging form of niche tourism in India [43]; golf as a new form of sustainable tourism or a violation of traditional rural holidays [44]; development of golf tourism in Chiang Mai [45]; surveys of the current situation and countermeasures in an investigation of golf tourism in Yunnan Province [46]; and perceptions of Cyprus as a sustainable golf destination: the motivational and attitudinal orientations of golf tourists [47]. In the light of this information, the fact that no studies have been found that together examine the effects and relationships between green core competencies, green process innovation, and sustainability consciousness variables gives this study a unique quality.…”

Characteristics of Wellness Tourist Offer of the Republic of Croatia

“…Among the key sectors in wellness industry, Personal Care, Beauty and Anti-Aging participate with the highest revenue achieved of 1,083 billion U.S. dollars, followed by Healthy Eating, Nutrition and Weight Loss ( 702 In order to maintain such high position in the world economy, creators of wellness offer need to observe the attitudes of service users in order to be able to improve current and develop new and better wellness services and products aimed towards satisfying their precise wishes and desires. Such high interest for this type of offer resulted in development of wellness tourism as a specific form of tourist offer which has been researched from various points of view like determining developmental potential of wellness tourism development in a destination (Alkier et al, 2020). Heung´s et al (2013) research was focused on determining the potential of development of Chinese wellness tourism in the sense of resources as well as promotion from the point of view of wellness tourism experts.…”