Sustainable event tourism: Case study city of Pula, Croatia

Artikel

Modern tourism expands through cultural experience, which is reflected in economic, ecological and socio-cultural effects on destinations. Event tourism is a growing market segment and represents a challenge for all destination stakeholders. As the largest town in the Croatian part of Istria, the City of Pula represents a valid basis for the development of event tourism due to its coastal geography and rich cultural and historical heritage from antique, medieval and new age periods. The festival and event organisers in Pula use historical and cultural themes in order to develop annual attractions by which they draw in tourists and brand the destination. In this paper, the hypothesis is set on the lack of benefits from event organisation in the destination (the City of Pula) in the ecological, economic and socio-cultural senses. In resolving of research problems with authorised representatives of local boards Arena, Monte Zaro and Stinjan, standardised, semi-structured and problem-centred interviews were conducted for the purposes of contribution to research relative to sustainability and responsibility of events in tourism.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: UTMS Journal of Economics ; ISSN: 1857-6982 ; Volume: 5 ; Year: 2014 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 53-65 ; Skopje: University of Tourism and Management

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sustainable Development ; Environment and Growth ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism
• Subject: City of Pula ; sustainability ; event tourism ; environment ; local community ; economic effects

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Grzinic, Jasmina ; Vojnovic, Nikola
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Tourism and Management
• (where): Skopje
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/105297
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET