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face
This collection of research is the result of fruitful collaboration between
the Department of Geography of the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and
the Department of Geography of the University of Primorska in Slovenia,
which was implemented within the framework of a bilateral research pro-
ject entitled “Comparative analysis of spatial development of tourism in
protected areas of Croatia and Slovenia”, in 2018 and 2019.
The authors found a background for their research in the fact that
Croatia and Slovenia are interesting cases for examining the spatial devel-
opment of tourism in protected areas of nature, as they shared the same
socio-economic context of development in the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. After their independence and the period of transi-
tion, they faced different development dynamics and adopted various ap-
proaches for management and development of protected areas. Today, both
countries are members of the European Union and are confronted with
many similar challenges regarding the implementation of the concept of
sustainable tourism in protected areas.
The main objective was to perform a comparative analysis of the spa-
tial development of tourism in protected areas in Croatia and Slovenia. In
order to achieve this goal, the authors of the chapters studied several exam-
ples of tourism development in protected areas in both countries. Spatial
development of tourism was analysed using quantitative and qualitative
methods (e.g. in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders) with an ap-
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7055-08-5.7-8 7
This collection of research is the result of fruitful collaboration between
the Department of Geography of the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and
the Department of Geography of the University of Primorska in Slovenia,
which was implemented within the framework of a bilateral research pro-
ject entitled “Comparative analysis of spatial development of tourism in
protected areas of Croatia and Slovenia”, in 2018 and 2019.
The authors found a background for their research in the fact that
Croatia and Slovenia are interesting cases for examining the spatial devel-
opment of tourism in protected areas of nature, as they shared the same
socio-economic context of development in the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia. After their independence and the period of transi-
tion, they faced different development dynamics and adopted various ap-
proaches for management and development of protected areas. Today, both
countries are members of the European Union and are confronted with
many similar challenges regarding the implementation of the concept of
sustainable tourism in protected areas.
The main objective was to perform a comparative analysis of the spa-
tial development of tourism in protected areas in Croatia and Slovenia. In
order to achieve this goal, the authors of the chapters studied several exam-
ples of tourism development in protected areas in both countries. Spatial
development of tourism was analysed using quantitative and qualitative
methods (e.g. in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders) with an ap-
doi: https://doi.org/10.26493/978-961-7055-08-5.7-8 7
