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U radu se analiziraju prostorni raspored i mogućnosti antifašističke materijalne baštine za razvoj memorijalnog turizma u općinama i gradovima Južne Istre. U prvoj polovici 20. stoljeća antifašistička borba u Istri bila je ključni dio nekoliko političkih prekretnica. Te povijesne prekretnice imale su dalekosežne posljedice i najvećim dijelom bile su obilježene oružanim sukobima, pojedinačnim i masovnim ljudskim žrtvama i terorom nad stanovništvom. Motiv putovanja u memorijalnom turizmu ovdje je obilazak mjesta gdje su se ovi tragični događaji dogodili i komemoracija žrtvama. Cilj istraživanja bio je utvrditi geografski raspored antifašističke materijalne baštine u Južnoj Istri i njezinu pogodnost za razvoj memorijalnog turizma. Dodatni cilj bio je predložiti tematske rute memorijalnog turizma u općinama i gradovima Južne Istre. Korištene su metode analize povijesnih istraživanja, terenskog rada, sudioničkog promatranja, prostorne i GIS analize. Istraživanje je pokazalo da šest južno istarskih općina i dva grada imaju 167 dobro očuvanih i obilježenih materijalnih spomenika antifašizma. Najveći broj spomenika nalazi se u središnjem dijelu grada Pule. Glavni doprinos ovog članka bio je prevrednovanje materijalne baštine antifašizma kao potencijalnog resursa za razvoj memorijalnog turizma kao inovacije u turističkoj ponudi Istre., This paper analyses the spatial layout and possibilities of the antifascism tangible heritage for memorial tourism development in the municipalities and towns of Southern Istria. In the first half of the 20th century, the antifascist struggle in Istria was a crucial part of several political turning points. Those historical turning points had far-reaching consequences and, for the most part, were marked by armed conflicts, individual and mass human casualties and terror over the population. The motive of travel in memorial tourism here is to visit the places where these tragic events occurred and commemorate the victims. The aim of the research was to determine the geographical distribution of the antifascism tangible heritage in Southern Istria and their suitability for the development of memorial tourism. An additional objective was to propose thematic routes of memorial tourism in Southern Istrian municipalities and towns. Methods of analyses of historical research, fieldwork, participant observation, spatial and GIS analysis were used. The survey indicated that six South Istrian municipalities and two towns have 167 well-preserved and marked tangible antifascism monuments. The largest number of monuments are located in the central district of the city of Pula. The main contribution of this article was to provide re-evaluation of antifascism tangible heritage as the potential resource for the memorial tourism development as the innovation in the tourism supply of Istria.

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je utvrditi stanje i razvojne perspektive turizma u uvjetima pandemije bolesti COVID-19 na primjeru Općine Vrsar. Ova općina dio je turističke mikroregije Porečko-vrsarsko primorje na zapadnom priobalju Istarske županije i tipična je destinacija visokog intenziteta turizma s izrazitom koncentracijom dolazaka i noćenja turista u ljetnoj sezoni. Istraživački postupak obuhvatio je analizu statističkih pokazatelja Turističke zajednice Općine Vrsar, složenu metodu terenskog istraživanja i sudioničkog promatranja te metodu intervjua s predstavnicom Turističke zajednice. U radu su razmotrene promjene u turizmu općine koje su nastale kao posljedica pandemije te trendovi budućeg razvoja. Broj dolazaka turista u pandemijskoj 2020. godini opao je odnosu na 2019. za 60 %, a broj noćenja za 56 %. Istovremeno, dolasci nekomercijalnih turista opali su za 15 %, a noćenja za 20 %. Struktura gostiju prema zemlji porijekla u uvjetima pandemije ostala je nepromijenjena. Prestankom pandemije očekuje se obnova turizma na prijašnjim razinama dolazaka i noćenja turista., The aim of this research was to determine the state and development perspectives of tourism in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic on the example of the municipality of Vrsar. This municipality is part of the tourist micro-region Poreč-Vrsar Littoral on the western coast of Istria and is a typical destination of high tourism intensity with a strong concentration of tourist arrivals and overnight stays in the summer season. The research procedure included the analysis of statistical indicators of the Tourist Board of the municipality of Vrsar, a complex method of field research and participant observation, and the method of interview with a representative of the Tourist Board. The paper discusses the changes in the tourism of the municipality that have occurred as a result of the pandemic and trends in future development. The number of tourist arrivals in the pandemic 2020 decreased compared to 2019 by 60%, and the number of overnight stays by 56%. At the same time, the arrivals of non-commercial tourists decreased by 15%, and overnight stays by 20%. The structure of guests by country of origin in the conditions of the pandemic remained unchanged. With the end of the pandemic, tourism is expected to resume at the previous levels of tourist arrivals and overnight stays.

The paper deals with the interpretation of the Mediterranean archaeological landscape in the sustainable development of cultural tourism, as an important attractive factor for tour-ists visiting countries in the region. It reflects on the possi-bilities of sustainable tourism valorisation of archaeological sites through participative stakeholders’ co-creation. The em-pirical research focused on the municipality of Vrsar, a typi-cal Mediterranean destination characterised by mass tourism and high seasonality. The observed destination is also marked by an abundance of archaeological sites, which are still not ad-equately valorised, presented and interpreted. The empirical research, realised through workshops, interviews and ques-tionnaires, has involved all relevant stakeholders (experts, local inhabitants, tourists). All key stakeholders agreed that the main sustainability issues could be improved through the sustainable valorisation of local cultural and natural resources by creating innovative tourism experiences - attracting much interest in participating in this co-creation process. The con-ducted research indicated the possible models of presenta-tion and interpretation of the local archaeological landscape through archaeological routes connecting the most important sites, participatory experiences such as interactive workshops and living history programmes, and the network of interpre-tation centres in the function of the future archaeological parks.

This research analyses the Monte Paradiso hardcore punk festival in the city of Pula (Croatia) as a significant subcultural event and its impact on tourism supply. Monte Paradiso Festival is one of the longest-running hardcore punk festivals that has brought Pula to the centre of European subcultural events. Pula was a large naval base and industrial city in the last century, but simultaneously the city became famous by the national film and book festival. In the summer of 1992, a group of punk teenage enthusiasts and volunteers from Pula's working-class district of Vidikovac Hill (in Italian Monte Paradiso) organized the 1st Monte Paradiso hardcore punk festival. The event took place in the abandoned former Austro-Hungarian fortress Casoni Vecchi. That place hosted the festival every summer in the last weekend of July or the first weekend of August from the period of 1992 – 2000. Every year the festival program with concerts of punk and similar bands from all over the world were attracting numerous punks, punk sympathizers, DIY distributors, music journalists, fanzine editors, etc. In the Casoni Vecchi period of festival visitors were using informal and non-commercial accommodation and catering facilities including local grocery stores for food supply and an improvised but poor equipped camping ground for sleeping bags, tents and vans. From 2001 to the present-day the festival has been organized in the Community Centre Karlo Rojc that is placed in the former Yugoslav Army barracks at the foot of the hill of Pula’s district of Monte Zaro. The accommodation and the catering facility were significantly improved for the bands and the visitors as well, but always respecting DIY punk ethics and standards. Punk bands were accommodated in the special arranged rooms inside the Community centre or in the commercial tourist apartments and hotels. For the visitors, a well-equipped temporary campsite was built every year including the chemical toilets, field showers, bars and catering facilities. In the recent, Covid-19 epidemic era, the festival was organized in September 2020 in the one-day form with the implementation of all epidemiological measures and limited number of visitors.

Modern tourism expands through cultural experience, which is reflected in economic, ecological and socio-cultural effects on destinations. Event tourism is a growing market segment and represents a challenge for all destination stakeholders. As the largest town in the Croatian part of Istria, the City of Pula represents a valid basis for the development of event tourism due to its coastal geography and rich cultural and historical heritage from antique, medieval and new age periods. The festival and event organisers in Pula use historical and cultural themes in order to develop annual attractions by which they draw in tourists and brand the destination. In this paper, the hypothesis is set on the lack of benefits from event organisation in the destination (the City of Pula) in the ecological, economic and socio-cultural senses. In resolving of research problems with authorised representatives of local boards Arena, Monte Zaro and Stinjan, standardised, semi-structured and problem-centred interviews were conducted for the purposes of contribution to research relative to sustainability and responsibility of events in tourism.