Th is research note describes an interconnection between touristic potential of localities impacted by the First and the Second World War, by focusing on a case study of cemeteries in the North-East of Slovakia. Th e case study proposes to create a Slovak part of the ‘dark tourism thematic trail’ through cemeteries from the First World War that could join the existing Polish part of the trail a...

This paper analyzes the developments in Croatian tourism sector during the last decade. Croatian tourism indicators are compared to the indicators of other Mediterranean countries with strong tourism activity and a dominance of the “sun and sea” tourism product. The results of the analysis suggest that tourism in Croatia exhibits favorable results in terms of strong growth in tourism revenues, ...

The economics of tourism is a well-known concept in the theory of tourism. However, scientific positions which have attempted to define the concept in different periods have not only differed, but have even been contradictory. In the countries of East Europe, the concept of economics of tourism has existed since the end of World War II. Western tourism literature began to use the term only at t...

Concepts of terrorism, political turmoil, and war appear unrelated to tourism. Closer examination of their points of convergence and impacts on tourism reveals otherwise. This paper examines literature focusing on the relationships between these phenomena. Research themes which emerge from available studies include impacts of terrorism and political instability on tourist demand, motives of ter...

Tourism has become a very important and dynamic sector both in the world economy and particular in the developing countries. Its growth affects not only the activities directly linked to tourism but also other sectors. Tourism is already an important sector in some developing countries and will become so for others. Developing countries have been fast growing in tourism industry terms in the wo...

This article explores only a variation of tourism – warfare tourism – in Croatia, which is a recognised tourist destination. The main objective of this multidisciplinary research is to clarify and classify young residents (undergraduate students) of Croatia into different clusters based on their views of the potential for warfare tourism development in the country. A total of 292 completed ques...

(Sung to Latin Rhythms) much tourist marketing. This is particularly the I’m going to take me a little holiday, case in the promotion of war as the paradigmatic Somewhere nice and quiet and secluded to get tourist experience. Visits to European battlefields, away, Turkish coves, Vietnamese underground tunnel I know my holiday will never be complete systems, jungle trails in Papua New Guinea, an...

The history and memories of past events are relayed through popular culture, the media and the public sphere. City tours organized for tourists can be said to be a special part of popular culture and the public sphere. Since 2006 there has been an organised war tour in the City of Dubrovnik which follows the “routes” of war aggression and the devastation of the town. In this paper, one such spe...