The leisured masses discover Croatia: English travel guidebooks as a source for the history of travelling to the eastern Adriatic coast in the 1950-60 Cover Image

Dokono mnoštvo otkriva Hrvatsku. Engleski turistički vodiči kao izvor za povijest putovanja na istočnu jadransku obalu od 1958. do 1969.
The leisured masses discover Croatia: English travel guidebooks as a source for the history of travelling to the eastern Adriatic coast in the 1950-60

Author(s): Igor Duda
Subject(s): History
Published by: Hrvatski institut za povijest
Keywords: Tourism; Mass Consumer Society; Tourist Guides; Great Britain; United States of America; Yugoslavia;

Summary/Abstract: In the 1950s and 1960s more and more foreigners visited Yugoslavia, especially the Adriatic where they came to spend their holidays. Croatian Adriatic coast became a destination for the majority of foreign tourists. British and American tourists received information about Croatia from travel guidebooks. The author presents the content of these guidebooks.

  • Issue Year: 35/2003
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 803-822
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Croatian