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February 4th, 2009
Golf in Croatia has never really gotten off the ground for several good reasons. First, Croatia’s climate doesn’t allow for a long golfing season and second, Croatians have never been much into golfing (now, tennis is another matter entirely).
Yet, in their pursuit of tourist money, the Croatian government is undeterred by these obstacles. Recently the Croatian Parliament passed a law making it much easier for the government to snatch land from private owners and sell it to golf course developers under the theory of “eminent domain”.
And where are golf developers headed? Not to the rocky Dalmatian coast, that’s for sure. No, it’s Istria with its gentle rolling countryside that will be the primary target of golf developers.
The above photo is of the countryside surrounding Motovun where the proposed new golf course is planned.
Local residents are, ahem, teed off by the proposal. Lawsuits and countersuits have been launched with dark insinuations of collusion between the developers and politicians. There are a lot of good reasons why the proposed golf course is a bad idea for the environment and for local life. If you’d like to join the protest, you can go to the Facebook site against the golf course (in Croatian) and register your support.
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