The Heritage of Socialism in Škofja Loka as an Opportunity for Tourism Development

Gregor Balažic and Žiga Nedižavec
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Gregor Balažic: University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia

Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2014, vol. 7, issue 1, 61-69

Abstract: In recent years, the heritage of socialism has found its way into the tourist services of many eastern European cities, where it is being successfully marketed through various tourist products. Since this kind of heritage is also present in Slovenia, we believe that by developing these kinds of tourist products, together with their appropriate presentation and organization, socialist heritage tourism services could be offered by the municipalities of many Slovene towns and cities, including Škofja Loka, the subject of this paper. We have used qualitative semi-structured interviews with four selected tourism stakeholders in the region and have obtained their positions regarding the integration of socialist heritage into the tourism range of services in the municipality of Škofja Loka. We also present the heritage of socialism and proposals for new sustainable tourist products based on the relics of socialism.

Keywords: heritage of socialism; Škofja Loka; sustainable tourist products; tourism stakeholders; tourism development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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