The attitudes of the island local community towards sustainable tourism development – the case of Stari Grad, island Hvar

Abstract

Islands, as an outstanding nature's work of art, have traditionally been popular tourist destinations. Considering their fragile environment and pressure that tourism development poses upon their economy, environment, and people in general, achieving sustainable tourism development is a major challenge they face. Yet, little research focusing on understanding small islands' residents' attitudes towards tourism and its effects have been conducted in the literature so far. This is especially the case with Croatian islands' communities where tourism has been developed almost spontaneously and as such is taken for granted. To fill this gap, this study examines the residents' attitudes towards tourism development in the town of Stari Grad on the island of Hvar.

Komparacija turističkih scenarija razvoja Povalja na otoku Braču 2009. i 2019.

“…Jadranski otoci, kao i njihove turističke odrednice i potencijali, važna su istraživačka tema mnogih autora posljednjih desetljeća (Starc, 1994;Šimunović, 1994;Starc, 2001;Kuvedžić, 1999;Defi lipis, 2001;Radinović i sur., 2004;Starc i Stubbs, 2007;Petrić i Pranić, 2010;Mackelworth i Carić, 2010;Podgorelac i Klempić Bogadi, 2013;Lajić i Mišetić, 2013a;Tonković i Zlatar, 2014;Zlatar Gamberožić i Tonković, 2015 i dr.) pogotovo zbog različitih promjena u društvu u vremenu tranzicije, a s obzirom na ulogu socioprostornih aktera (ekonomskih, profesionalnih, političkih i civilnih). Hrvatski se otoci često smatraju indikatorom onoga što se događa u unutrašnjosti (Magaš, 1996), na kopnu, a njihova se problematika najvećim dijelom tiče negativnih demografskih trendova vidljivih u depopulaciji i senilizaciji stanovništva (Fabjanović, 1991;Lajić i sur., 2001;Friganović, 2001;Graovac, 2004;Mišetić, 2010;Klempić Bogadi i Podgorelec, 2011;Lajić i Mišetić, 2013b;Nakićen i Čuka, 2016 i dr.).…”

Croatian Tourism Development Model – Anatomy of an Un/Sustainability

“…Some recent multidisciplinary researches on sustainable development on Croatian coast with the special stress on tourism development issues (Fredotović et al, 2003;Petrić, 2003;Petrić et al 2004;Petrić, 2005;Vukonić, 2005;Petrić, 2007;Petrić, 2008;Petrić & Pranić, 2010), have shown the following:…”

Classifying the Mediterranean terraced landscape: the case of Adriatic Croatia

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