The Island of Rab
The Island of Rab – 16th May 2009 - 120 years of tourismIt is hardly surprising that the island of Rab was one of the first tourist oases on the southern Adriatic. Thanks to its mild Mediterranean climate and vegetation, its sunny coast with its many bays, its azure sea and its natural beauty spots, as well as the ancient culture and variety of civilisations from antiquity until the present day, Rab has always had much to offer tourists.
For all the aforementioned reasons, in 1889 the local council declared Rab a tourist destination and thermal spa. This declaration was made on the basis of the favourable climate and its positive effect on heart conditions and on the respiratory organs. Not long after the birth of tourism on Rab, construction began on the first hotels.
The beautiful beaches of Rab were a favourite of tourists even 120 years ago, while the varied landscape of the island of Rab is impressive and makes it unique among the Adriatic islands. Contrasts are apparent all over the island, whether when walking, taking a boat ride along the shore, diving in the surrounding bays or seeing it from a bird's-eye view during a flight over the island.
Almost 120 years ago the traditionally hospitable folk of the island of Rab decided that tourism would be the way to secure their future and that of the coming generations. Since then, Rab has won numerous awards as the best tourist destination in the Adriatic. Tourism became a part of every home.
We hope that in browsing through this Internet presentation you will also want to visit Rab, this island which, surrounded by an emerald sea, lies almost at the heart of Europe.
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