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Istrian Memories in the Dark Tourism Context: The Qualitative Analysis
Table 8.3 Summary of Multiple-Case Study Findings
Indicator Pula
Lanišće
Svetvinčenat
Buje
Kućibreg
Visitors of different ages (generation) ––+–+
Mass visit +–+–+
Internationality ––––+
Local visitors +++++
Memory as the key reason for the visit +++++
Tourism infrastructure + – + + +*
Ideological topics –––––
Regionalism +* – – – +
Notes + observed, – not observed, * only to a limited extent. The dark commemora-
tive events in Lanišće and Svetvinčenat are treated as one event in two locations in the
previous chapters.
the dark commemorative event in Kućibreg can be deemed a classic ex-
ample of a dark event with a traumatic historical background and the ev-
ident international tourism component, although with weak/improvised
tourism infrastructure. The religious event in Svetvinčenat can be under-
stood as part of both, dark and religious tourism, an event with an evi-
dent memorial component as well as regional and limited national reach.
The rest exhibit only a limited local importance for certain social groups
and their collective memory. Events have different traditions (cycles): re-
ligious ones were marked by silence and damnatio memoriae in the past
(during the Yugoslav period), while those in Pula related to the Homeland
War represent new memorial practices in Istria. The Istrian event related
to wwi i and anti-fascism has the longest tradition and actually connects
people of different nationalities who share values of anti-fascism (symbol-
ically, in the spirit of the famous French slogan Liberté, égalité, fraternité).
Its cycle started in the Second Yugoslavia and was later modified, and has
maintained its relevance in the time of democratic Croatia.
From a tourist point of view, the observed differentiation is quite wel-
comed, as it enables diversity and meets the needs and traditions of dif-
ferent target groups; because (all) foreigners cannot understand the back-
ground and circumstances of each dark commemorative event, it is not
necessary to put each Istrian dark commemorative event into the dark
tourism context. Hence, insufficient tourism infrastructure and an un-
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Table 8.3 Summary of Multiple-Case Study Findings
Indicator Pula
Lanišće
Svetvinčenat
Buje
Kućibreg
Visitors of different ages (generation) ––+–+
Mass visit +–+–+
Internationality ––––+
Local visitors +++++
Memory as the key reason for the visit +++++
Tourism infrastructure + – + + +*
Ideological topics –––––
Regionalism +* – – – +
Notes + observed, – not observed, * only to a limited extent. The dark commemora-
tive events in Lanišće and Svetvinčenat are treated as one event in two locations in the
previous chapters.
the dark commemorative event in Kućibreg can be deemed a classic ex-
ample of a dark event with a traumatic historical background and the ev-
ident international tourism component, although with weak/improvised
tourism infrastructure. The religious event in Svetvinčenat can be under-
stood as part of both, dark and religious tourism, an event with an evi-
dent memorial component as well as regional and limited national reach.
The rest exhibit only a limited local importance for certain social groups
and their collective memory. Events have different traditions (cycles): re-
ligious ones were marked by silence and damnatio memoriae in the past
(during the Yugoslav period), while those in Pula related to the Homeland
War represent new memorial practices in Istria. The Istrian event related
to wwi i and anti-fascism has the longest tradition and actually connects
people of different nationalities who share values of anti-fascism (symbol-
ically, in the spirit of the famous French slogan Liberté, égalité, fraternité).
Its cycle started in the Second Yugoslavia and was later modified, and has
maintained its relevance in the time of democratic Croatia.
From a tourist point of view, the observed differentiation is quite wel-
comed, as it enables diversity and meets the needs and traditions of dif-
ferent target groups; because (all) foreigners cannot understand the back-
ground and circumstances of each dark commemorative event, it is not
necessary to put each Istrian dark commemorative event into the dark
tourism context. Hence, insufficient tourism infrastructure and an un-
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