Cultural tourism Island Mljet

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

In the south dalamatian archipelago, paralell to an esat part of the peninsula of Pelješac is situated the most southern and more eastern of the Croatian largest islands - Mljet.

The island of Mljet is 37 km long and has an avarage amplitude of 3km. The oldest sources in which is mentioned the island of Mljet, under the name of Melita (Melite), are bounded to a Greek history. Among many Greek writers namely, at the beginning of the IV.century B.C., is mentioned the name of Mljet. Even the Homer's story of the Itaka's king Ulysses is connected to the island of Mljet. The story tell's that after the shipwreck, Ulysses swam till the nearest island on which he found a shelter in a cave where later the nymph Clipso trapped him. It's considerated that the island in question was Mljet. After the Greeks, Mljet recives it's first permanent habitants the Iliryans, who came from the Peljesac peninsula and the valley of Neretva. From that period are conserved many historic and cultural monuments (emblems, forts), while from the Roman...