Cultural tourism Island Kaprije

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.

Island is a part of Sibenik’s island with the most high point Vela Glavica (129). The coast is broken and the land cover olives trees and vineyard. The nearby island Kakan is a great for bathing. Cars are not allowed, so Kaprije is a ideal place for a quiet vacation. In the season are coming the occupants of the around islands in the town Medos to work on their fields.
Kaprije, just one village on the island, located on the same name bay in the south part of island.
Kaprije has just 143 permanent residents, most of them older than 50 years. But in summer time demographic picture drastically changes and the number of inhabitants increases more than just a few times. There are no hotel or camps, but one can find comfortable apartment or room to rest in quiet easy summer nights. There is one sandy beach with a bar in the village, and there is more than 25 kilometers of seashore around the island for you to investigate and find a small beach or cove for yourself.