NATIONAL PARK PAKLENICA IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE TOURISM

Aktivni turizam je turizam koji kombinira avanturu, ekoturizam i kulturne aspekte, te za cilj ima kombinirati rekreaciju i obrazovanje. Aktivni turizam i razvijanje tog oblika turizma predstavlja snažan potencijal za daljnji razvoj turizma u NP Paklenica i ostvarenja cilja svih organizacija i radnika u turizmu a to je produženje turističke sezone. Paklenica je idealna destinacija za ljubitelje hodanja i planinarenja. Paklenica je i poznato europsko penjačko središte. Penjalište se nalazi na samom ulazu u kanjon Velike Paklenice gdje se stijene uzdižu i do 400m visine. Penjalište raspolaže s gotovo 400 penjačkih smjerova različitih težina i dužina, a sezona penjanja u Paklenici traje od ranog proljeća do kasne jeseni. Sve ljepote Paklenice moguće je doživjeti jedino pješačenjem, a upravo tome služi preko 150 km uređenih planinarskih staza.Active Tourism is tourism that combines adventure, ecotourism and cultural aspects, and it aims to combine recreation and education. Active tourism and the development of this form of tourism represents a strong potential for further development of tourism in Paklenica and realize the aim of all the organizations and tourism workers and that is an extension of the tourist season. The Paklenica National Park is the ideal destination for those who love walking and climbing. Paklenica is considered to be among the most famous European climbing centres. The climbing area is settled at very beginning of the canyon Velika Paklenica. The climbing site has over 400 climbing routes of various difficulty levels and lengths and the climbing season in Paklenica lasts from early spring until late autumn. All the full beauties of Paklenica can be experienced only by hiking, and in recognition of this, over 150 km of hiking paths have been made