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of beneficial properties a site offered. Nonetheless, there are traces that sug-
gest attempts of building a climate-resort in the Karst region.
New transportation means
Doctors and medicine were the only factors for tourism development in the
area. These factors were also intertwined and co-dependent with each other.
Thus, one of the key consequences of the industrial revolution and industri-
alization – the new steamy transportation means, also affected the develop-
ment of tourism. New transportation means, which represent one of the most
important and recognizable factors in the development of modern tourism in
the European historiography, largely impacted tourism also in the territory
of the Austrian Littoral. The very construction of transport infrastructures
and fluent and efficient transport accessibility, which was, as economic histo-
rians note not primarily aimed at tourism, could positively influence its fur-
ther development. The new transportation means did not drastically increase
the number of visitors in the studied seaside and spa resorts and certain plac-
es, where the railroad was not built, remained isolated from larger urban and
industrial centres. A greater distance could result in a reduced number of vis-
itors and a slower development, which in fact occurred in certain spa resorts
(e. g. Lower Carniola, see Janša, 1968).
In the coastal tourist areas the construction of new inland transport
routes (the railroad) and the establishment of steamships were not direct con-
sequences of tourism development and were not prompted by it, however, at
the existing tourist resorts people were well aware of the advantages that a
faster, cheaper, safer and more punctual transport could provide for their fur-
ther development so they strived to create the best possible transport connec-
tions and easy access for tourists. In the case of the studied seaside resorts, it
was possible to observe that the new transport connections were initially es-
tablished on the coast and before tourism began developing, which proves
that these two phenomena were not, in principle, related or interdependent.
Inland transport connections were mainly established later when the sites
were already recognizable on the tourist market (with the exception of Opati-
ja). New transportation means did not encourage the creation of new tourist
destinations in the area, although they had a positive impact on their further
development.
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of beneficial properties a site offered. Nonetheless, there are traces that sug-
gest attempts of building a climate-resort in the Karst region.
New transportation means
Doctors and medicine were the only factors for tourism development in the
area. These factors were also intertwined and co-dependent with each other.
Thus, one of the key consequences of the industrial revolution and industri-
alization – the new steamy transportation means, also affected the develop-
ment of tourism. New transportation means, which represent one of the most
important and recognizable factors in the development of modern tourism in
the European historiography, largely impacted tourism also in the territory
of the Austrian Littoral. The very construction of transport infrastructures
and fluent and efficient transport accessibility, which was, as economic histo-
rians note not primarily aimed at tourism, could positively influence its fur-
ther development. The new transportation means did not drastically increase
the number of visitors in the studied seaside and spa resorts and certain plac-
es, where the railroad was not built, remained isolated from larger urban and
industrial centres. A greater distance could result in a reduced number of vis-
itors and a slower development, which in fact occurred in certain spa resorts
(e. g. Lower Carniola, see Janša, 1968).
In the coastal tourist areas the construction of new inland transport
routes (the railroad) and the establishment of steamships were not direct con-
sequences of tourism development and were not prompted by it, however, at
the existing tourist resorts people were well aware of the advantages that a
faster, cheaper, safer and more punctual transport could provide for their fur-
ther development so they strived to create the best possible transport connec-
tions and easy access for tourists. In the case of the studied seaside resorts, it
was possible to observe that the new transport connections were initially es-
tablished on the coast and before tourism began developing, which proves
that these two phenomena were not, in principle, related or interdependent.
Inland transport connections were mainly established later when the sites
were already recognizable on the tourist market (with the exception of Opati-
ja). New transportation means did not encourage the creation of new tourist
destinations in the area, although they had a positive impact on their further
development.
338
