The Krka National Park welcomed its millionth visitor

The Krka National Park welcomed its millionth visitor

The sustainability of the management of natural features and improvements in the manner of visiting the Krka National Park make it into a recognizable protected area

On the Skradin bridge, at the place where the Krka River and the sea meet for the first time, the millionth visitor to the Krka National Park in 2022 was welcomed. The lucky family was surprised by Davor Filipović, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, and Nella Slavica, director of the Krka National Park, who gave them suitable gifts. This was a six-member family, the Chehadehs, from Germany, who were in Croatia and the Krka National Park for the first time.

It can therefore be said that the Krka National Park has a million reasons for optimism this year. After two uncertain pandemic years, the Park has again achieved favourable results and registered great interest from visitors, which shows not only that the world is on the right path again, but also displays the positive results of sustainable management within the Park.

With the aim of implementing active measures of preservation and revitalization, certain new management regulations were adopted in the Krka National Park in accordance with long-term strategic goals and established means of sustainable management. Thanks to the activation of the endless capacities of the upper reaches of the Krka River and the restriction of swimming in order to preserve the travertine barriers as the fundamental phenomenon of the park, visitors today are able to plan their own tour of the Park. Through the systematic re-evaluation of the middle and upper reaches of the river, the Krka National Park strives to present this area both in its original form and to develop it for active nature visits, through the arrangement of pedestrian and bicycle paths with scientific and educational contents.

In order to improve the spatial and chronological timetables of visitors, as part of the project The Unknown Krka, educational-pedestrian paths have been set up in the northern part of the Park, and the large interpretational-educational and volunteer centre of the Krka Eco Campus was recently opened at Puljane. As part of this project, two electrically powered catamarans were purchased to transport visitors from the Roški slap waterfall to Visovac, considered important for the preservation of the biological diversity of the Krka River. Projects such as The Unknown Krka are the result of long-term analysis about protecting the ecosystem and advancing the manner of visiting into a sustainable system, which ultimately has resulted in a million satisfied visitors.

Everyone who has visited the Krka National Park has made a contribution to the permanent protection, preservation, and improvement of the Park, and we would like to thank all of them for that. Visitors who come to the Krka National Park are interested in experiencing untouched nature and the thousands of years old cultural and historical heritage, which are attractions in and of themselves, added to by an educational component, excellent interpretations, and the kindness and friendliness of the staff. Along with the extensive pedestrian and bicycling infrastructure, this is what the Krka National Park offers true nature lovers in 2022: vacation, education, and recreation.