Tourism and Maritime Domain

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Written by Josipa Cvelić Bonifačić, Branko Kundih

Maritime domain is one of the key issues of extreme importance for the tourism of the Republic of Croatia. When it comes to the seacoast, the maritime domain and the tourist land in a large part represent a functional entirety. Unlike the tourist land, which is mainly under the property rights regime, the maritime domain, which is a public domain, remains in a non-property regime and is exclusively used by means of concessions and (concessional) permits.

We could define the tourist land as the land that was declared by the zoning documents to be the land for tourist and hospitality purpose. Tourist land thus includes the land where buildings for tourism and hospitality purpose have been constructed, which includes camps, hotels and tourist resorts.

In the past ten years there have been professional as well as political debates on legal and economic solutions for the Tourist Land Act and other building land, in connection with the land that was not appraised during the transformation and privatization process. Maritime legislation, which should secure a legal framework and safety for the uninterrupted camp and hotel management, is of vital importance for the tourist industry.

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