Abstract
The article presents the results of research of the specifics of second homes as a consequence of accelerated tourism development in the Municipality of Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is a phenomenon which, primarily due to insufficient data, has not been scientifically researched in more detail. Based on secondary data collected from scant relevant sources, the authors analysed the available data regarding the number of holiday homes/apartments as well as the structural characteristics of holiday home owners. The phenomenon of second homes was analysed from the point of view of its development in Neum, as the only urban-type settlement within the municipality, and in rural settlements in its hinterland. The research showed the expansion of second homes from the narrow coastal zone into the interior and the concentration of holiday home owners in neighbouring municipalities and larger urban centres of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as in nearby areas of Dalmatia. The process of internationalisation was also analysed, as a large number of second homes are owned by foreign citizens, primarily those from neighbouring Croatia.
Highlights
The accelerated development of tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the second half of the 20th century was accompanied by the emergence and development of the phenomenon of second homes
In the Municipality of Neum1, the only municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina with access to the sea, intense development of tourism and second homes began in the 1960s, along with the completion of vehicular transport connections and the beginning of the development of tourism along the entire coastal area of former Yugoslavia (Pepeonik, 1977)
The development of second homes tourism in the Municipality of Neum is the subject of numerous stereotypes about a typical coastal weekend house settlement that has no basic functions or urban physiognomy, and which turns into a demographic wasteland outside the tourist season
Summary
The accelerated development of tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the second half of the 20th century was accompanied by the emergence and development of the phenomenon of second homes. In the Municipality of Neum, the only municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina with access to the sea, intense development of tourism and second homes began in the 1960s, along with the completion of vehicular transport connections and the beginning of the development of tourism along the entire coastal area of former Yugoslavia (Pepeonik, 1977). This area features typical bathing tourism with high seasonality. Second homes in Neum Municipality developed more intensely from the mid1960s to the late 1980s This is a period during which the process of individualisation in the hitherto dominantly collectivist social environment of Yugoslav socialism was strengthening.
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