Thousands of Visitors in Only 5 Months – The Museum of Sinj Alka

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The great 300th anniversary of the Alka tournament was celebrated last year in Sinj and the whole Cetina region. One of the events, which enriched the anniversary was the opening of the Museum of Sinj Alka..

The whole Alka tradition in one place attracted many locals and tourists. According to the Ferata.hr website, almost everyone who visited Sinj in August 2015, found his way into the newly opened museum.

According to the director Boris Filipović Grčić, from the opening of the Museum until the end of the year, the museum was visited by around 12.000 people. Approximately half of them (around 6.000) were pensioners, children (preschool and elementary school children) and students. Domestic people from all over Croatia are dominating the structure of the visitors.

The director of the Museum expressed satisfaction with the number of visitors and said the following about the plans for the future:

“It was during the last year, when we contacted several travel agencies and schools – the major segment of the group tourism of Sinj city. We are negotiating with agencies focusing on pilgrims, which are bringing people to Sinj for a weekend stay. We had representatives of the UHPA (Association of Croatian Travel Agencies), all 20 of them staying in Sinj and spending a whole day in a presentation about the Alka Museum. They left with a positive impression of the city.”

(photos: Nikica Ugrin Radar / Sinj tourist board)

According to Ferata.hr, the Director Filipović-Grčić stated, that the website of the Museum is planned in the near future, but no specific date could be announced yet. At the moment, the website of the Museum exists as a part of the website of the Alka Knights‘ Association.

 

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