Potencijali razvoja turizma grada Karlovca

U ovom se završnom radu obrađuje tema o mogućem razvoju turizma u gradu Karlovcu. Mnogobrojni prirodni i antropogeni resursi grada Karlovca stvaraju veliki potencijal za razvoj turizma. Karlovac je grad duge i bogate povijesti što potvrđuje bogata i dragocijena kulturna baština, ali i raznovrsne kulturne manifestacije koje privlače veliki broj turista. Povoljan geoprometni položaj grada Karlovca, unutar Karlovačke županije, stvara preduvjet u kojem turistički resursi svojim svojstvima i karakteristikama izazivaju pojačano zanimanje turista. Velike su prednosti za turizam grada Karlovca njegove kulturno-povijesne znamenitosti, njegove rijeke, ekološki očuvan okoliš, biološka i prirodna raznolikost te stvaranje slike grada kao grada Zvijezde, parkova, rijeka i piva. Turizam, tako, postaje iznimno važan za razvoj grada u gospodarskom smislu, ali i za razvoj imidža građa kao grada ugodnog za život ljudi. Osnovni je cilj ovog rada prikazati turističke potencijale grada te ukazati na turističke resurse koji čine temelj za razvoj turizma, ali i na probleme i slabosti s kojima se turizam danas suočava.This thesis deals with the possible development of tourism in the city of Karlovac. Numerous natural and anthropogenic resources of Karlovac create a huge potential for the development of tourism. Karlovac is a city with a long and eventful history which has resulted in a rich and valuable cultural heritage and a variety of cultural events that attract large numbers of tourists. Favourable geographical position of the city of Karlovac, within the Karlovac County, creates a precondition in which tourism resources, with their properties and characteristics, create a growing interest of tourists. The city of Karlovac has numerous advantages to develop its tourism like its cultural and historical monuments, its rivers, ecologically preserved environment, biological and natural diversity as well as creating the image of the city as the city of the six pointed star (“Zvijezda”), parks, rivers and beer. Tourism, therefore, has become very important for the development of the city in economic terms, but also for the development of the city’s image as a comfortable place to live. The main goal of this thesis is to present the tourism potential of the city and point out to the resources that form the basis for the development of tourism, but also to mention the problems and weaknesses which tourism faces these days