Pregled turističkog razvitka Elafitskih otoka

The topic of this study is Tourism Development on the Elaphite Islands from the end ofthe World War I to the present. The Elaphites is a group of islands in the NW of Dubrovnikand so they represent an integral part of Dubrovnik tourist offer. The tourist offer of theElaphite Islands is based on the beautiful nature, the cultural heritage and the specifics of theenvironment which are emphasized in this study. The sequence of tables shows the flow oftourism tournover in detail: internacional and domestic tourist arrivals and overnights infigures for particular seasons. This study specially higlights the tourism as an activity on theElaphite Islands that has been developing successfully and continuously for the past 80 yearsbut in the same time is followed by growing depopulation. The future will clarify whether anew stage of higher quality tourism development could materialize without demographic andeconomic revival of theses islands.