SMALL OVERHAULING SHIPBUILDING IN CROATIAN ISLANDS : ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITATION

Remontna brodogradnja ima bogatu i dugu povijest. Ljudi su godinama uz velik trud gradili brodove te stvarali temelje današnje brodogradnje – neki vrlo uspješno, neki manje. Bilo kako bilo, svi oni zapisali su makar djelić povijesti kojim su stvorili temelje današnje remontne brodogradnje na otoku Lošinju. Ona je danas bitan čimbenik gospodarskog razvoja otoka. U današnje doba aktualna je promocija turizma, ali to nije i ne smije biti jedini čimbenik razvoja. Ulaganjem u razvoj remontne brodogradnje moglo bi se oživjeti i mnoge druge gospodarske grane jer otok Lošinj ima mnogo potencijala za to.Overhauling shipbuilding has a long and substantial history. Over the years the foundations of todays shipbuilding have been created with a loto f effort and investment – some people have done it with greater sucess, some with less. However, all of them haveaquired their part of creating todays overauling shipbuilding int he island of Lošinj. Nowdays, it is a significant factor of islands economic development. Today, the focal point is the island tourism promotion, but it must not be the only trigger of development. Investing into islands overhauling shipbuilding might be the initation of development of other parts of economy to wich island of Lošinj has significat potential