Cultural tourism Ski resort Kranjska gora
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.
On the north –west of Slovenia in the Gorenjska region, on the border with Italy and Austria on the slopes of the Julian Alps and Karavanke Alps, in the upper part of the valley of Sava river there is Kranjska Gora, touristic destination of major importance and one of the most known ski resort in Slovenia. From it’s peaks, on bright days You have a wonderful view on the peaks of the near countries and on the sunny days even till the Adriatic sea.
Kranjska Gora is a touristic oriented area, surrounded with woods and meadows and as it a start point for many ski paths situated in the surroundings. The town is situated on 810 m of highness, and the old part of it is surrounded with a new one. In the spirit of the named turistic orientation it has developed the area in which You can find a rich offer of sports in winter season-skiing, climbing over the frozen rocks, ice-sakating on Jasna lake, snowboard and in summer- hiking on marked paths, mountain cycling roads, horse riding, paragliding...