The paradox of the "Spanish scenario": How we built our own element

Just hope the Spanish scenario doesn't happen to us...

Author  Goran Rihelj

8. August 2026.
For decades, in the Croatian public, political and professional space, one sentence served as the overarching dogma and ultimate defense mechanism of domestic tourism policy: "Let's just hope the Spanish scenario doesn't happen to us." Spain was synonymous with mass tourism, the concreting of the coast, large hotel complexes, the devastation of space and the loss of local identity. With that mantra, which was transmitted from...
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Author  Goran Rihelj

8. August 2026.