Cultural tourism Kraljevica

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.

Kraljevica, an old coastal town, is located about twenty kilometers south of Rijeka, at the entrance to the Gulf Bakar, in the heart of the Kvarner Bay, so the  passengers coming from the inside are for the first time in contact with the sea on this area.

Kraljevica was established at the end of the 15th century. Croatian name Kraljevica for the first time can be found in 1605. Log in Rijeka city council.

The town of Kraljevica was develop along the old Castle Frankopan with the parish church of St. Nikola at the end of XVIII. c. when the parish were founded.

The largest building momentum seen at the end of XIX. and at the beginning of XX century, occurs when several representative town houses and residences were built.

At the end of the 19th century begins also a significant development of tourism in Kraljevica. In 1896. on the peninsula Ostro was built one of the first public beaches on the coast. Tourism development was helped by the...