Czechoslovak tourists in the yugoslav adriatic in the interwar period (1918-1939)

Abstract

This article analyses the issue of Czechoslovak tourists on the Adriatic coast during the Interwar period (1918–1939). Our paper will give a short overview of the beginnings of organized tourism from Czech and Slovak lands to the Eastern coast of Adriatic Sea. In the main part of the text, the article focuses on tourists from Czechoslovakia in the Kingdom of Serb, Croats and Slovenes (from 1929 Kingdom of Yugoslavia). They belonged to the most numerous group of tourists during the entire Interwar period, and their importance in developing tourism in that area was significant. In our text, we will analyse major tourist trends and which were the main obstacles for developing of tourism on Adriatic. The focus will be on the issue of Czechoslovak investments in the eastern Adriatic coast and the issue of tourist industry workers as well.