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ANALYSIS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN VISITORS AND PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS IN THE ZADAR COUNTY ANALIZA ODNOSA IZMEĐU POSJETITELJA I ZAŠTIĆENIH PODRUČJA PRIRODE U ZADARSKOJ ŽUPANIJI Vesna KRPINA Summary The aim of the research was to gain insight in the components of the model human-ecosystem (Human ecosystem model) on the specific example of protected natural areas in the Zadar county on one side and promotion and design of tourist offer in protected areas on the other side. In the period of June 1st to December 31st in the area of the NP Paklenica, the NaP Telašćica and the NaP Vransko Jezero, which are legally protected by the Act on Nature Conservation (NN 70/05, NN 80/13) and have a high national level of conservation, the research was conducted using the method of questionnaires and analysis of visitor attitudes, demands, motivations for visit and satisfaction with the services and offer in protected areas. For all three parks the same questionnaires printed in nine languages were used, which allowed an integral analysis of all data collected as well as the comparability of data between the parks. One part of the questionnaire was also answered by the staff of the respective parks and staff of local tourist organisations in order to gain insight in the value orientations of decision makers. The comparison of the answers were analysed by χ2 tests or Fisher’s exact test. For the analysis of the main categorical variables, Correspondence Analysis (CA) was used. In this way, a basis for future continuous research was created. The results obtained have been compared to the results of research in other National and Nature Parks in Croatia (Marušić et all. 2007) and they present one of the entries to the models that enable the formulation of recommendations for management that is at the same time focused on nature conservation and visitor satisfaction. Key words: protected natural areas, visitors, tourism, Correspondence Analysis, Zadar county INTRODUCTION Uvod Protected natural areas are the main instrument of biodiversity conservation. Tourism and nature conservation started to develop in parallel as a result of a higher level of socio-economic development, with the growing of industrialisation, traffic and urbanisation. Therefore the timely coincidence of the founding of the first National park in the world in Yellowstone (USA) and the first touristic travel around the world (Thomas Cook) in 1872 has to be seen as directly linked instead of accidental. Regarding the fact that mainly ecologically valuable and naturally attractive areas, parts or phenomena of nature are put under conservation, it is clear that they present very attractive touristic motives. The Zadar county has a large number of protected natural areas, of which according to the Law of |