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6.2 Memorial Practices and Dark Tourism in the post-wwi Period
Figure 6.3
A Building of the Seaside
Colony in Portorož
(private archive of Tomi
Brezovec)
2003; Marsetič, 2006a, p. 7; 2006b, p. 218).²⁴ Figure 6.3 shows a building
of the seaside colony in Portorož intended for recreation, rest and ide-
ological education of young people.²⁵ As we can see, between the two
world wars, tourism in Istria did not entirely die down, but was stag-
nating due to the complex socio-political situation, infectious diseases
and the global economic crisis. The Italian State and the Italian Govern-
ment Tourist Board (Agenzia nazionale del turismo – ENIT) implemented
many initiatives in order to increase the number of tourists and thus im-
²⁴ Duraković (2003) more explicitly described the period of fascism in Pula in a cultural
sense. It is necessary to emphasise the role of Dopolovoro and other regime organisations
in the promotion of the fascist ideology.
²⁵ It belonged to an Italian insurance company Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà (r as) from
Trieste.
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Figure 6.3
A Building of the Seaside
Colony in Portorož
(private archive of Tomi
Brezovec)
2003; Marsetič, 2006a, p. 7; 2006b, p. 218).²⁴ Figure 6.3 shows a building
of the seaside colony in Portorož intended for recreation, rest and ide-
ological education of young people.²⁵ As we can see, between the two
world wars, tourism in Istria did not entirely die down, but was stag-
nating due to the complex socio-political situation, infectious diseases
and the global economic crisis. The Italian State and the Italian Govern-
ment Tourist Board (Agenzia nazionale del turismo – ENIT) implemented
many initiatives in order to increase the number of tourists and thus im-
²⁴ Duraković (2003) more explicitly described the period of fascism in Pula in a cultural
sense. It is necessary to emphasise the role of Dopolovoro and other regime organisations
in the promotion of the fascist ideology.
²⁵ It belonged to an Italian insurance company Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà (r as) from
Trieste.
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