DIVERZIFIKACIJA MORSKEGA RIBIŠTVA V TURISTIČNO DEJAVNOST NA SLOVENSKI OBALI. (Slovenian)

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    • Alternate Title:
      THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE SEA FISHING ON THE SLOVENE COAST INTO TOURISM. (English)
      DIVERSIFICAZIONE DELLE ATTIVITÀ DI PESCA COMMERCIALE MARINA IN ATTIVITÀ DEL SETTORE TURISTICO NELL'AREA SLOVENA. (Italian)
    • Abstract:
      For centuries, fishing has been an important part of seaside people's history and identity. The geographic features of this area and accessibility created favourable conditions for harbour development. Preserving fishing traditions is important not only in terms of jobs creation for local people but also for their heritage and cultural value. The aim of this paper is to explore the potentials for diversifying sea fishing by connecting it with tourism activities. The ultimate purpose of our study is to find ways to keep local fishing traditions alive in a sustainable manner and to enhance the fishermen's quality of live. The methodology was based on a state-of-art review of research and in-depth interviews with all crucial stakeholders connected to fishing on the Slovene coast. The results show that potentials for fishing tourism development do exist, however, due to differences between stakeholders in terms of their commercial and entrepreneurial strength/competencies at the moment synergies are very weak. Furthermore, there is a lack of will for cooperation among the stakeholders, which is the first precondition for any action. Thus, fishing traditions are currently included in tourism-related activities only sporadically and to a small extent. Representatives of fishermen, tourism associations, hotels and local municipalities indicated that the first necessary step would be to connect all the stakeholders. Presently, the main hindrances seem to be: lack of entrepreneurship and related knowledge, lack of capital, and negative perceptions of the legislation regulating fishing tourism. Possibly, the real, underlying problem regarding the latter is the unsuitable, non-systematic approach to administrative procedures. Namely, stakeholders have insufficient information and knowledge; besides, they are not organized properly. We believe municipalities could play an important role - through tax reliefs, entrepreneurship consultations and permissions issues which would foster fishermen's interests in tourism activities. Finally, perhaps the main overall problem is the lack of vision and strategy how to valorise fishing in tourism. Many good examples can be found in Denmark and Finland, where programs were developed within the fourth axis. These programs managed to preserve fishing, link fishing traditions to tourism and local community and opened additional options of income. Ad hoc and independent actions cannot lead to considerable improvement of the »fishing identity« and a breakthrough in tourism product development. What is needed is a wide perspective and a vision of sustainable fishing, tourism and the whole destination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Il presente articolo si propone di esaminare la possibilità della diversificazione delle attività di pesca commerciale marina in attività del settore turistico nell!area slovena con l'obiettivo di garantire così lo sviluppo sostenibile dell'attività e anche opportunità commerciali che renderebbero possibile la sopravvivenza del settore della pesca e una qualità di vita più alta della popolazione che è legata alla pesca. La metodologia usata comprende l'analisi di fonti secondarie, osservazioni su campo e interviste strutturate in profondità nelle quali hanno collaborato come informatori i rappresentanti delle principali parti interessate del settore della pesca e del settore del turismo del Litorale. I risultati delle interviste suggeriscono l'esistenza dell'interesse per lo sviluppo del pescaturismo, ma che, date le differenze tra i protagonisti e le loro divergenze a livello commerciale e imprenditoriale, la sinergia è scarsa. Per questi motivi non c'è lo sviluppo dei prodotti del pescaturismo che ci si aspetterebbe da una destinazione costiera. Gli ostacoli principali che andrebbero sormontati sono la mancanza di imprenditorialità e delle conoscenze imprenditoriali da parte dei pescatori, la mancanza di capitale e la percezione della legislazione che è rigorosa e sfavorevole al pescaturismo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
    • Abstract:
      Namen članka je proučiti možnosti diverzifikacije morskega gospodarskega ribištva v turistične dejavnosti v slovenskem prostoru z namenom, da se zagotovi trajnostni razvoj dejavnosti in primerne poslovne priložnosti, ki bi omogočale preživetje ribiškega sektorja in višjo kakovost življenja ljudi, ki so z ribištvom povezani. Metodologija je vključevala analizo sekundarnih virov, opazovanje na terenu in strukturirane globinske intervjuje, v katerih so kot informatorji sodelovali ključni deležniki ribištva in turizma na Obali. Rezultati intervjujev so nakazali, da interes po razvoju ribiškega turizma obstaja, vendar so zaradi različnosti nosilcev in njihove različne komercialne in podjetniške pozicije sinergije slabe. Zato ne prihaja do razvoja proizvodov ribiškega turizma kot bi za obmorsko destinacijo pričakovali. Ključne ovire, ki bi jih bilo treba odpraviti so pomanjkanje podjetnosti in podjetniških znanj na strani ribičev, pomanjkanje kapitala in percepcija rigorozne in ribiškem turizmu nenaklonjene zakonodaje. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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