Croatian festival of sport recreation in Nordic walking and hiking is intended for all generations in order to preserve health and popularise sports and recreational activities. The goal of the event is to involve as many people as possible in Nordic walking. The festival includes 5 guided routes ranging from 3 to 10 km in weight and is held in the spring on World Health Day

During the sport event, the following sustainable solutions have been adopted:

• use of local products;
• use of biodegradable equipment;
• plogging (a combination of jogging with picking up litter);
• education for people with disabilities;
• use of volunteers.

You can find the report of the Sports and Recreation Festival of Opatija results in the Library section, together with all the others Zero Waste Blue pilot events reports, or you can download it at the following link.

Number of Participants: 1.000

Town of Opatija, in collaboration with the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, organized 2 working group meetings with the stakeholders in order to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, which you can find at the following link.

In this second link, you can download the reports elaborated at the conclusion of each working group meeting.

The project aims to promote sport events with the Zero Waste Blue brand which identifies sustainable tourist products to be offered to sport tourists and to their followers who can take advantage and enjoy the natural and cultural heritage of the destinations. According to this, Town of Opatija realized some sustainable tourist itineraries.

Link to the tourist itineraries for groups - English version - Croatian version

Link to the tourist itineraries for individual visitors - English version - Croatian version