Abstract
Historical centers of European cities are continually adapting to modern developments. This trend has also caught the historical old city of Dubrovnik. Requirements for new tourist products have influenced its transformation. Daily visits have made it possible for the old city to be "exploited" as a unique tourist resource. This process has started some negative population trends. The number of citizens in the old city fell from 5181 to 1241 during the period 1953-2006. The socio-economic structure has separated into two levels, seasonal and out of season. Today there are three times more work positions in the old city than citizens. The number of visitors of the old city is huge. In the summer months the historic city receives 30,000 to 40,000 visitors daily. From this number 87.7% are tourists. In the last few years this process has been enhanced by cruising tourism. In this way the historic old city has developed into a cultural tourist product.
Highlights
Više od pola stoljeća povijesna jezgra grada Dubrovnika (u daljnjem tekstu povijesna jezgra) kontinuirano se prilagođavala razvoju turizma.1 Susljedna istraživanja povijesne jezgre ukazuju da je u urbanom sustavu grada Dubrovnika došlo do bitnih promjena – potaknutih njezinim prekomjernim korištenjem – koje su rezultirale preobrazbom povijesne jezgre u turistički distrikt.For more than half a century the historic core of Dubrovnik has continued to adapt to the development of tourism.1 Research of the historic core, which is continually carried out, show that the situation has reached an important change in the urban content of the city of Dubrovnik and initiated overuse of the historic core
Economic use of the historic core develops socio-geographic processes. Those processes initiate the establishment of a complicated relationship in the value of the historic core as a unique tourist product
Socio-geographic processes point to developed dynamic relationships during tourist exploration of the historic core of Dubrovnik
Summary
SOME CONTEMPORARY SOCIO-GEOGRAPHIC PROCESSES IN THE HISTORICAL OLD CITY OF DUBROVNIK. Historical centers of European cities are continually adapting to modern developments This trend has caught the historical old city of Dubrovnik. Visits have made it possible for the old city to be "exploited" as a unique tourist resource. This process has started some negative population trends. In the summer months the historic city receives 30,000 to 40,000 visitors daily In the last few years this process has been enhanced by cruising tourism In this way the historic old city has developed into a cultural tourist product
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