Croatia in the new Europe: culture versus conformity.

Abstract

This chapter addresses the most critical issues and implications of EU enlargement for Croatian tourism over the next decade. The first part of the chapter gives a structuralist account of likely and future tourism development. The second part deconstructs the economic (mostly statistical) generalizations in an attempt to unravel the complexity of culture and values that shape tourism processes 'on the ground'. Facing the prospect of joining the EU in 2007, which basically requires conformity to EU governance and economic and social reorganizations, it is argued that the issue of local values, traditions, attitudes and practices is critical.

Determinants of International Tourism Flows to the Republic of Croatia: An SUR Analysis of Panel Data from 1993-2015

“…Model 5 is generated as in an effort to obtain a parsimonious explanation of tourism flows to Croatia without the problematic variable of EXR. We are aware from previous research (Currie et al, 2004;Schőnfelder, 2005;Ateljevic and Čorak, 2006) that hyperinflation during the war clearly distorted the impact of exchange rates. We also note that Eryiğit et al (2010) removed Belgium and Bulgaria from their 1994-2005 origins analysis due to "chaotic" exchange rate movements.…”

“…Research on the topic is expansive due to the commanding and increasing presence of Croatia's tourism industry, especially in coastal areas (Ballinger, 2003). The portion of literature that relates to the war's crippling results of physical destruction and hyperinflation is descriptive (Currie, Skare, and Loncar, 2004;Schőnfelder 2005, Ateljevic andČorak, 2006), but nevertheless provides an essential backdrop for more recent scholarship on international tourism. Radnić and Ivandić (1999) embrace Maslow's hierarchy of needs as a starting point to explain the deterioration of overnights and total beds used by foreign tourists during the war years of 1990-1995, focusing specifically on human safety needs as being fundamentally more important than those of self-actualization.…”

“…Among the comprehensive historical overviews of the industry is a descriptive chapter by Ateljevic and Čorak (2006) that highlights the evolution of tourism in the region. The authors trace tourism's growth over the past century, during which, as part of Yugoslavia, the Adriatic coast represented a tourist magnet of continental magnitude.…”

Overtourism Dystopias and Socialist Utopias: Towards an Urban Armature for Dubrovnik

“…Croatia built on its socialist tourism policy, which as discussed above was generating a significant tourist income. The end of conflict in the mid-1990s and the enlargement of the EU in 2003 found Croatia benefiting from tourism further (Ateljevic & Corak, 2006).…”