Tourism in a Peripheral Setting: A Case Study of Farm Tourism Development in Lika, Croatia

Žafran Ivana () and Kaufmann Petra Radeljak ()
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Žafran Ivana: mag. geogr., Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Kaufmann Petra Radeljak: PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

European Countryside, 2022, vol. 14, issue 1, 140-156

Abstract: Considering the multi-layered issues of rural peripheries and tourism development, we explore actors’ views regarding farm tourism development in the historical/geographical region of Lika. In spite of the fact that important flows of goods and services pass through Lika, it is largely regarded as a peripheral area. Via semi-structured interviews with tourist farm owners and institutional actors involved with farm and rural tourism, we examine how their views relate to characteristics associated with peripherality. In a setting with very few family farms that have developed a farm tourism product, the regional actors see both potential and limitations in characteristics linked to peripherality, general development trends, and local specificities.

Keywords: farm tourism; rural tourism; periphery; Lika; Croatia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2022-0008

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