Dr. Jasenka Kranjčević and PhD candidate Ives Vodanović Lukić took part in the Scientific and Professional Conference Historic Cores of Small Towns – Revitalization and Local Communities, held in Samobor on September 19–20, 2025. Dr. Kranjčević presented the paper The Cultural and Tourism Potential of Samobor – A Model for the Revitalization of a Small Historic Town, while Ives Vodanović Lukić presented The Impact of Art Festivals on the Identity and Visibility of Rural Areas. The conference was organized by the Croatian Section of ECOVAST, OPS – Association for Revived History of Samobor, the Samobor Museum, and the Posavje Museum Brežice.
The papers were presented within the framework of the internal scientific project Activating Cultural Heritage in Croatian Tourism – AKULTUR. A Book of Abstracts has also been published.
The conference program is available at the following link.