Nikola Vojnović
TURISTI IZ BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE U ISTARSKOJ ŽUPANIJI
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2016.4.569
UDC: 911.3:338.48(=1:497.6)(497.5Istra)
Abstract: What is analysed in this work is the spatial distribution for tourists from Bosnia and Herzegovina in the county of Istria. The aim of this work is to determine the development of arrivals and overnight stays by tourists from Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as the average of stays by tourists from Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2011 to 2015 throughout municipal and urban tourist boards: their spatial framework, with the exception of certain parts of the Istrian interior, is in accordance with the government and territorial division of such into either municipalities or cities. The method used here incorporates the research thus far concerning tourist visits according to nation of origin as well as the relationship between receptive and emissive regions, an analysis of statistics concerning the number of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in municipal, urban and county boards, as well as the complex method of field work using interviews as a method. The evaluation of advantageous transport and tourist-geographical locations in relation to emissive European regions, natural and anthropogenic attractions of Istria county has been, for decades, at the forefront in Croatia when the number of beds, tourist arrivals and overnight stays are taken into consideration: a fourth of all the tourists who visited Croatia visited Istria county, and a third of all overnight stays in the republic of Croatia was here as well. The number of tourist arrivals from Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2011 to 2015 was a total of 0,5 %, and the number of overnight stays saw a small increase from 0,38 % in 2011 to 0,54 % of all overnight stays in 2015. In that year the average stay by a tourist from Bosnia and Herzegovina was seven days. Certain parts of Istria County can be especially singled out from the average for this particular group. This exception has been confirmed due to the fact that labourers from Bosnia and Herzegovina find seasonal work here in the fields of construction, farming and tourism: their sleeping and living quarters where those which utilised non-commercial accommodation in municipalities located a little behind the coastal regions in which tourism is well-developed, especially in the western part of Istria County.
Key words: tourist arrivals and overnight stays, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Istria County