%0 Journal Article
%T Lošinj: From a sailor´s island to a fashionable hotspot for health tourism in Austria-Hungary
%A Wiltos, Victoria
%J Rocznik Przemyski. Historia
%V 2023
%R 10.4467/24497347RPH.23.004.18910
%N 1 (29) 2023
%P 47-68
%K Lošinj, Lussingrande, Lussino, Lussinpiccolo, Rovenska, Croatia, Medical history, Balneology, Habsburg, Health tourism, Kurort, Spa, Opatjia, Südbahn
%@ 2449-7347
%D 2023
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/rocznik-przemyski-historia/article/losinj-from-a-sailors-island-to-a-fashionable-hotspot-for-health-tourism-in-austria-hungary
%X This article discusses the historical development of tourism on the Croatian island of Lošinj, which underwent a transformation from a hub for goods to a popular destination for health tourism during the winter. The paper explores the factors that contributed to the development of tourism on Lošinj and places its history in a broader context, shedding light on new medical aspirations, the Austrian authorities’ will to vitalize the Austrian Littoral, and the emergence of a new era of tourism to the sea. With over 8000 visitors arriving at the island in the Kvarner during the peak years of 1912/13, Lošinj was the first island of the Austrian Riviera where tourism had been able to develop.