Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’
Slovenia represents a key source in the tourist market for the new post-Yugoslavian states, but little is known about Slovenians’ tourism practices, especially in relation to the post-communist dimension. The term “Yugonostalgia” came into existence in the 1990s in the post-Yugoslav area, and it ill...
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| description | Slovenia represents a key source in the tourist market for the new post-Yugoslavian states, but little is known about Slovenians’ tourism practices, especially in relation to the post-communist dimension. The term “Yugonostalgia” came into existence in the 1990s in the post-Yugoslav area, and it illustrates the attitudes of people looking for a life that would be better than their present one. The term is also connected to tourism, although it has been largely neglected in the tourism literature. In this study, a total of 384 appropriately completed questionnaires were recorded and prepared for empirical analyses. Some 83.0% of respondents repeatedly return to a former Yugoslav destination they had visited in the past. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods were used to identify clusters. Subsequently, cross-tabulations were employed to profile each cluster based on demographic characteristics, and chi-square tests were performed to validate the clusters and their mutual differences. Significant differences between groups with respect to survey variables were verified by one-way analysis of variance models. Three significantly different clusters were identified: (i) friends of nature; (ii) immigrants and their descendants (from the post-Yugoslav states); and (iii) moderate lovers of nature and culture. None of identified clusters are characterised by Yugonostalgia: group members behave in similar ways to all contemporary tourists with varying individual interests, which is an additional interesting finding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-259c70d61ae444c187213852080684f62022-12-21T23:30:44ZengSciendoMoravian Geographical Reports1210-88122018-03-01261142610.2478/mgr-2018-0002mgr-2018-0002Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’Šuligoj Metod0Faculty of tourism studies – Turistica, University of Primorska, Portorose, SloveniaSlovenia represents a key source in the tourist market for the new post-Yugoslavian states, but little is known about Slovenians’ tourism practices, especially in relation to the post-communist dimension. The term “Yugonostalgia” came into existence in the 1990s in the post-Yugoslav area, and it illustrates the attitudes of people looking for a life that would be better than their present one. The term is also connected to tourism, although it has been largely neglected in the tourism literature. In this study, a total of 384 appropriately completed questionnaires were recorded and prepared for empirical analyses. Some 83.0% of respondents repeatedly return to a former Yugoslav destination they had visited in the past. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical clustering methods were used to identify clusters. Subsequently, cross-tabulations were employed to profile each cluster based on demographic characteristics, and chi-square tests were performed to validate the clusters and their mutual differences. Significant differences between groups with respect to survey variables were verified by one-way analysis of variance models. Three significantly different clusters were identified: (i) friends of nature; (ii) immigrants and their descendants (from the post-Yugoslav states); and (iii) moderate lovers of nature and culture. None of identified clusters are characterised by Yugonostalgia: group members behave in similar ways to all contemporary tourists with varying individual interests, which is an additional interesting finding.https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2018-0002yugonostalgiapost-communismthematic tourismformer yugoslaviaslovenia |
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| title | Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’ |
| title_full | Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’ |
| title_fullStr | Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’ |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’ |
| title_short | Characterising the flows of Slovenian tourists within the former Yugoslavia with respect to post-communist ‘nostalgic context’ |
| title_sort | characterising the flows of slovenian tourists within the former yugoslavia with respect to post communist nostalgic context |
| topic | yugonostalgia post-communism thematic tourism former yugoslavia slovenia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2018-0002 |
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