Cultural tourism Island Prvic

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 archipelago of Sibenik, covered with a dense mediterranean vegetation, vineyards and olives and with it's picturesque bays is located the island of Prvic.

The island has only two little places and for the first time in the history it was mentioned in the 11 th century. As on the other island in the archipelago on Prvic the history has also left it's marks in the form of many historic and cultural monuments. Various altars in baroque style, fragments from the early christian era, the curch of the Saint Vergin Mary with a covnent builted from the glagolian monks and many other monuments that testify the rich culture of this little island.

Prvic is known as a home island of which comes the parachute inventor Faust Vrancic, which grave is situated in the church of the Lady of Mercy.

During the history the habitants of the island dealed with catlee-breeding and agriculture. Today Prvic has a significant role as an attractive tourist destination. It's sunny beaches, the crystal clear sea, the parfume of the pines in...