Cultural tourism of Slavonski Brod – state and perspectives

Kulturni turizam predstavlja relativno novi pojam koji se pojavio u drugoj polovici 20. stoljeća. Zbog toga i danas postoje polemike u izučavanju ovog oblika turizma. No, sa sigurnošću se može reći da obuhvaća i prošlost i sadašnjost, kroz kulturno-povijesnu ostavštinu i suvremenu kulturnu proizvodnju. Ipak, jedan od najpoznatijih oblika kulturnog turizma jest turizam baštine – oblik kulturnog turizma koji uključuje kulturnu i prirodnu baštinu što su nam u prošlosti ostavili predci. Slavonski Brod posjeduje brojne resurse kao potencijal za razvoj kulturnog turizma, od kojih se posebno ističu resursi potrebni za razvoj turizma baštine. Prije svega to je Tvrava Brod – spomenik nulte kategorije. Poseban naglasak potrebno je staviti i na nematerijalnu ostavštinu u vidu folklorne baštine, koja je na području Slavonskog Broda izuzetno njegovana. No, razvoj kulturnog turizma, pa tako i turizma baštine nije moguć bez integracije turizma u sve sfere Slavonskog Broda, počevši od uprave grada pa do lokalnog stanovništva.Cultural tourism, a relatively new concept, appeared in the second half of the 20th century. Because of that, there are still some polemics about this form of tourism. However, it is safe to claim that it includes both the past and the present, through cultural and historical heritage and contemporary cultural production. Nevertheless, one of the most famous cultural tourism forms is heritage tourism – the form of cultural tourism that includes cultural and natural heritage that was left to us from the past. Slavonski Brod possesses numerous resources that show the potential for development of cultural tourism, of which those needed for development of heritage tourism particularly stand out. First and foremost that is the Brod Fortress – a world heritage site. Of special interest is also intangible heritage in the form of folklore, which is in area of Slavonski Brod exceptionally nourished. However, the growth of cultural tourism as well as heritage tourism cannot be achieved without integration of tourism in all scopes of Slavonski Brod, starting from city administration to local population