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

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...

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Published in:European countryside 2022-03, Vol.14 (1), p.140-156
Main Authors: Žafran, Ivana, Kaufmann, Petra Radeljak
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Croatia
Family farms
farm tourism
Farms
Lika
Multilayers
Owners
periphery
Regional development
Regions
Rural communities
Rural development
Rural tourism
Tourism
Tourism development
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1803-8417
1803-8417
DOI:10.2478/euco-2022-0008