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Tkon Municipality is preparing for the new tourist season with promotional videos available on the YouTube channel of the project Adriatic Arch. The video materials, created as part of the project, aim to promote the tourist destination Tkon, but also the cross-border area of Croatia and Italy with special emphasis on maritime heritage.
Tkon is a fishing village on the island of Pašman, where small shipyards still build wooden boats to order and where they still produce fishing equipment. Although Tkon is a relatively small municipality in terms of area and population, it is proud of its beautiful beaches, sandy coves, and above all - the coast surrounded by crystal clear sea. The western and southwestern sides of the island are characterized by a steep coast, full of cliffs and cliffs, intersected by coves and small, accessible bays. That is why it is expressed in the Municipality Robinson tourism.
The intangible and tangible heritage of the municipality has been preserved and nurtured by organizing various events. Thus, maritime heritage, skills and crafts are nurtured through the traditional regatta "Đir po konalu" and through the kayak race as part of Fishermen's Night. Fans of active tourism are increasingly visiting the municipality and participating in various events created according to their "taste", such as the fair of island products, Pašman Half Marathon and a unique island event - Scraping running.
The development of the Arca Adriatica tourism product is based on the establishment of a methodology for the systematic preservation of the maritime heritage of the border area. The foundation for the construction of the recognizable Arca Adriatic marine product is certainly newly adapted Maritime Heritage Interpretation Center located in the center of Tkon. With this center, the Municipality of Tkon and the whole island receive content worth visiting throughout the year as a concrete form of achieving another important goal of this project - extending the tourist season. The central interpretive theme of the Center is kunjka, which combines the rich past and present of the maritime heritage of Tkon and shows life on the island through the permanent exhibition "Kunjke fed the Kunjans". In the outer part of the center, restored old traditional boats are presented, and accompanying information can be found on information boards set up around the port.
The project "Protection, promotion and tourist valorization of the Adriatic Maritime Heritage" or ARCA ADRIATICA for short, is part of the third priority axis "Environment and Cultural Heritage" of the INTERREG Italy-Croatia 2014-2020 program. Implementation of the project officially began on January 1, 2019, and will last until December 31, 2021. ARCA ADRIATICA is a kind of continuation of the successfully implemented EU projects Mala barka and Mala barka 2, as the project continues to work on joint protection, promotion and tourist valorization of the Adriatic maritime heritage.
Cover photo: Boris Kačan
