HUNTING TOURISTS AND TRAVEL AGENCIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Svrha i cilj ovoga rada je istražiti tko se sve u Republici Hrvatskoj bavi lovnim turizmom, koje su to lovno turističke agencije, gdje im je sjedište, koja lovišta i koju divljač imaju u ponudi te s kojih emitivnih tržišta im dolaze lovci te s kojim se sve problemima susreću u organizaciji lovno turističkih aranžmana.U prikupljanju podataka korištena je metoda istraživanja za stolom i metoda prikupljanja primarnih podataka putem anketnog upitnika. Uz anketni upitnik, podatci su se prikupljali i kroz informativni razgovor s predstavnicima određenih turističkih agencija koje u svojoj ponudi imaju lovni turizam. U svrhu obrade dobivenih podataka korištene su metode analize i sinteze te su korištene i metode deskripcije, kompilacije i deskriptivna obrada statističkih podataka dobivenih putem anketnog upitnika. Prema rezultatima istraživanja u Republici Hrvatskoj je 19 lovno turističkih agencija. S obzirom na probleme koje ističu u svom radu poput komplicirane državne birokracije, problemi s papirologijom, komplicirani zakonski propise te sporost prilagođavanja zakonodavnim segmentima, neodgovornost i neprofesionalnost lovaca i organizatora lova taj podatak niti ne začuđuje.The purpose of this work is to investigate who in the Republic of Croatia is having offers of hunting tourism, which are hunting tourist agencies, where are they headquarter, which hunting grounds and which hunting animals they offer and from which emitting countries hunters come and whit which problems they meet in the organization of hunting tourism arrangements. In collecting data it is used the table research method and method of collecting primary data through a questionnaire.In questionnaire, data were also collected through an informative conversation with representatives of central travel agencies that offer hunting tourism. For the purpose of processing the obtained data, method of analysis and synthesis were used, as well as methods of description, compilation and descriptive processing of statistical data obtained through a questionnaire. According to the results of the research, there are 19 hunting tourism agencies in the Republic of Croatia. Considering the given problems they highlight in their work such as complicated state bureaucracy, paperwork problems, complicated legal regulations and slow adjustment to legislative segments, irresponsibility and unprofessionalism of hunters and hunting organizers, and that fact is not even surprising