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Table 22.3.
Croatia: estimated value of major tourism and infrastructural investments (to be) made in
18 counties in 2005.
County (
Z
upanije)
?m
The nature of investments (the greatest share)
Istarska
191.3
Private sector (upgrade of eisting hotels and resorts,
new small-scale entrepreneurship in coastal and rural
forms of tourism)
Primorsko-goranska
135.5
Private sector (hotels; conference and wellness
facilities)
Dubrova
c
ko-neretvanska
95.6
Private and public sector (luurious hotels; public
mega projects of historical and adventure-based
products)
Zadarska
11.8
Private and public sector (upgrade of eisting hotel
facilities; infrastructure: heritage signposting, roads;
beaches; promenades, etc.)
Splitsko-dalmatinska
35.5
Private and public sector (upgrade of eisting
accommodation facilities; infrastructure)
Šibensko-kninska
9.9
Public sector (infrastructure: heritage signposting,
roads, ferry links, harbour)
Li
c
ko-senjska
3.7
Private and public sector (new hotels; skiing facilities;
revival of historical sites to become tourist attractions,
e.g. the only watermill in the country)
Grad Zagreb
a
N/A
Diversification of eisting hotels and first thematic
hotel in the country (ovie hotel)
arlovacka Zupanija
0.3
Public sector (tourism infrastructure; cycling routes;
tourism marketing); the region had major hotel
investment in 2 new hotels in 2004
Sisacko-oslavacka
0.7
Public sector (tourism infrastructure: 250 km of
cycling route; revival of traditional oslavian houses
turned into accommodation facilities)
rapinsko-zagorska
1.3
Public sector (upgrade of eisting and new
health/wellness resorts)
Varazdinska I edjimurska
6.5
Public sector (500 km of cycling routes and health
resort/wellness resort)
Osjecko-Baranjska I
Vukovarsko-Srijemska
b
N/A
Public and private sector (new and upgrade of
eisting hotels inOsijek; re-build of 4-star hotel Lav in
Vukovar; conference centres, small-scale rural
tourism projects, stopover in Vukovar for Dunav
cruises;Dunav beach on the border with Serbia)
a
Grad Zagreb had major investment in hotels and facilities between 2000-2004.
b
The value of investments is not given; rural tourism projects are cited as family-based, eco-projects
focused on gastronomy.
Source:
Pesut, 2005.
Irena Ateljevic was born in a small fishing
village which experienced a tourist boom in the
early 1970s. By the mid-1980s the local popula-
tion of around 1700 people 'hosted' tourist
flows of up to 10,000 in the peak season
months of July and August (Ateljevic and
Doorne, 2003). Irena worked in tourism from
the age of 13, which involved paid work in local
cafes and visitor information centres, as well as
unpaid work at the family 'homestay tourist
operation', helping her mother and grand-
mother. Her university study was supported by
seasonal work over the summer. Being a Croat
married to a Serb at the time of the conflict
between Croats and Serbs, this pushed her
even further from her village: all the way to New
Zealand. For her PhD she interviewed num-
erous tourists and particularly younger visitors
