Cultural tourism Plitvice lakes

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.

The National Park Plitvice lakes was declared a national park in 1949 and it is one of the oldest and largest national parks in Croatia as well as under the rotection of UNESCO since 1979.
It is located in between Male Kapele and Pljesevice in Lika. Plitvice lakes are a unique natural phenomenon- 16 picturesques lakes which are connected by a number of cascading waterfalls. These lakes are divided on the upper (12) and the lower (4) lakes. The highest lake is Proscansko at 639m and the lowest is Novakovica Brod at 503m. The Upper lakes are surrounded by lush woods and connected to one another by a number of waterfalls, the lower lakes are smaller, shallower and surrounded by lesser vegetation. The lake water, after the Sastavci falls in the lower lakes, pours into the River Korana which the Plitvice stream also flows into, falling from a height of 76m.
The climate is mountainous and the best time to visit the Park is in the summer months, although the winter months are provide the magnificent picture of frozen...