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CYCLING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN ISTRIA COUNTY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS

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  • Author(s): Breščić, Katarina
  • Source:
    Ekonomska misao i praksa; ISSN 1848-963X (Online); ISSN 1330-1039 (Print); ISSN-L 1330-1039
  • Document Type:
    Electronic Resource
  • Online Access:
    https://doi.org/10.17818/EMIP/2025/22
    https://hrcak.srce.hr/330350
    info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.17818/EMIP/2025/22
  • Additional Information
    • Additional Titles:
      RAZVOJ CIKLOTURIZMA U ISTARSKOJ ŽUPANIJI IZ PERSPEKTIVE LOKALNIH DIONIKA
    • Publisher Information:
      University of Dubrovnik 2025
    • Abstract:
      Sustainable tourism development in the destination can be strengthened by connecting sports and tourism into a unique form of tourism - sports tourism. Cycling tourism is one of the most popular parts of sports tourism, but the efficient development of cycling tourism implies the involvement of local stakeholders. The main goal of the research presented in the paper was to determine to what extent the local stakeholders in cycling tourism, based on the experience gained so far, consider that cycling tourism contributes to the benefit and sustainable tourism development in Istria County and which elements they considered as the most important to make the development of cycling tourism possible. The results show that continuous collaboration and education and the involvement of the local community are the keys to development of cycling tourism in the destination and that cycling tourism has a positive effect on economic, environmental and socio-cultural sustainability. Also, cycling tourism can influence the reduction of tourism seasonality in tourism destinations. A linear combination of variables - Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was used for data analysis in the combination with Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) test and the measurement of the reliability by the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The results of the study can serve as an informative background on the future planning of cycling tourism in Istria and other similar Mediterranean destinations.
      Održivi razvoj turizma u destinaciji može se osnažiti povezivanjem sporta i turizma u jedinstveni oblik turizma – sportski turizam. Cikloturizam je jedan od najpopularnijih oblika sportskog turizma, no učinkovit razvoj cikloturizma podrazumijeva uključivanje lokalnih dionika. Glavni cilj istraživanja predstavljenog u radu bio je utvrditi u kojoj mjeri lokalni dionici cikloturizma, na temelju dosadašnjeg iskustva, smatraju da cikloturizam doprinosi dobrobiti i održivom razvoju turizma u Istarskoj županiji te koje elemente smatraju najvažnijim za razvoj cikloturizma u destinaciji. Rezultati pokazuju da su stalna suradnja, edukacija i uključenost lokalne zajednice ključni za razvoj cikloturizma u destinaciji te da cikloturizam ima pozitivan učinak na ekonomsku, okolišnu i sociokulturnu održivost. Također, cikloturizam može utjecati na smanjenje turističke sezonalnosti u turističkim destinacijama. Pri analizi podataka koristi se linearna kombinacija varijabli – Analiza glavnih komponenti (PCA) u kombinaciji s Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) testom i mjerenjem pouzdanosti Cronbachovim alfa koeficijentom. U praktične svrhe, rezultati istraživanja mogu poslužiti kao informativna podloga za buduće planiranje cikloturizma u Istri i drugim sličnim mediteranskim destinacijama.
    • Subject Terms:
      cycling tourism; sustainable tourism development; local cycling tourism stakeholders; stakeholders’ perspective; Istria County; cikloturizam; održivi razvoj turizma; lokalni dionici cikloturizma; perspektiva dionika; Istarska županija; text; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    • Availability:
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    • Note:
      English
      Croatian
    • Other Numbers:
      HRCAK oai:hrcak.srce.hr:330350
      1520285926
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      edsoai.on1520285926
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