ABSTRACT
The purpose of this chapter is to elaborate on changes that impacted the tourism sector of the so-called ‘transitional economies’ of south-eastern Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Three factors are to be considered: the political and economic transition from communism/socialism to democracy and market economy; the dramatic developments as the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia impacted on the infrastructure at large; and the change of the European political map due to the European Union’s enlargement and creation of new nation states. Several political and military events and economic turning points were linked to the reduction or increase of tourist visits. New national strategies of the states’ economic sectors are briefly discussed and elaborated in detail, using the example of the new state of Croatia.
