Tourism of Croatia - Position and Perspectives

Hrvatska temelji svoj turistički razvoj na izdašnosti prirodnih i povijesno-kulturnih resursa te blizini emitivnih tržišta. Intenzivnije se uključila u međunarodna turistička kretanja sredinom 1960-ih godina postavši srednje razvijena turistička zemlja europskog Sredozemlja. Pad turističkog prometa započet u drugoj polovici 1980-ig godina kulminirao je u vrijeme vojne agresije na Hrvatsku. Gubici turističkog prometa tijekom osam ratnih i poratnih godina procjenjuju se na 325 mln. Neostvarenih noćenja, odnosno na 13 mld USD. Da bi se povećao turistički promet potrebno je podizati kvalitetu turističke ponude i usklađivati je s vladajućim trendovima u svijetu. Prelaskom s planskog na tržišno gospodarstvo u tijeku je revizija zakonske regulative čime je pokrenut novi ciklus razvoja razvoja hrvatskog turizma temeljenog na podizanju kavalitete i obogaćivanja izvanpansionske ponude.Croatia bases its tourism development upon abundanceof natural and historic-cultural resources and nearness of the markets. It more intensively joined the international tourist movements in the middle of the 1960s havinh become a medium-developed tourist country of the European Mediterranean. A decrease of the flow which had begun in the second half of the 1980s, culminated during the armed aggresion on Croatia. The losses of the tourist flow during the eight war and post-war years have been estimated to 325 million of the lost overnight stays, respectively to 13 milliard US$. In order to increase the tourist flow it is necessary to raise the quality of the tourism offer and to coordinate it with the leading trends in the world. Due to the process of transition from the planned to the market economy, there is a revision of the existing law regulations in Croatia. A new cycle of the Croatian tourism has been started in this way. It is based on raising of the quality and enrichment of the tourism offer other than board and lodging