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Rural tourism in the surroundings of Krka
National Park: factors of development
and spatial impacts
Petra Radeljak Kaufmann
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the development of rural tourism in
the area surrounding Krka National Park, situated in northern
Dalmatia. Via various functions, especially tourism and recrea-
tion, protected areas can influence local development. Since the
1960s, settlements in the surroundings of Krka National Park
have faced challenges related to depopulation and socio-econom-
ic development. The goal of this chapter is to analyse factors of re-
cent intense development of rural tourism, its spatial impacts in
the immediate vicinity of the Park, and various potentials for fur-
ther development. These trends should be looked at in the frame-
work of tourism development of the Park itself, as well as tour-
ism development trends in the interior of Dalmatia. A case study
of the Town of Drniš was conducted to closely examine recent
trends and the potential for development of rural tourism in the
near future.
Key words: rural tourism, protected areas, geography, Krka
National Park, Drniš, Dalmatia, Croatia
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7055-08-5.53-73 53
Rural tourism in the surroundings of Krka
National Park: factors of development
and spatial impacts
Petra Radeljak Kaufmann
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the development of rural tourism in
the area surrounding Krka National Park, situated in northern
Dalmatia. Via various functions, especially tourism and recrea-
tion, protected areas can influence local development. Since the
1960s, settlements in the surroundings of Krka National Park
have faced challenges related to depopulation and socio-econom-
ic development. The goal of this chapter is to analyse factors of re-
cent intense development of rural tourism, its spatial impacts in
the immediate vicinity of the Park, and various potentials for fur-
ther development. These trends should be looked at in the frame-
work of tourism development of the Park itself, as well as tour-
ism development trends in the interior of Dalmatia. A case study
of the Town of Drniš was conducted to closely examine recent
trends and the potential for development of rural tourism in the
near future.
Key words: rural tourism, protected areas, geography, Krka
National Park, Drniš, Dalmatia, Croatia
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7055-08-5.53-73 53
