Digital Nomads: Croatian Experience

Drago Pupavac – Polytechnic of Rijeka, Vukovarska, 58, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia

Anto Malbašić – Hrvatska elektroprivreda, Viktora cara Emina, 2, 51000, Rijeka, Croatia

Marija Ivaniš – Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Primorska, 46, 54410, Opatija, Croatia

Abstract: Digital nomads are entrepreneurs or employees who almost exclu­sively use digital technologies to perform their work. They are addicted to the Internet, work on the road and live in multiple locations around the world. The Republic of Croatia is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for dig­ital nomads. Accordingly, the subject of research of importance for this paper is the fundamental characteristics of digital nomads in the Republic of Croa­tia. The results of the research are based on primary data collected by the sur­vey method (n=40). The survey was conducted from March 13 to May 13, 2023, in a Google Forms form, which was distributed via the social networks Face­book, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The collected data are the subject of analysis us­ing the methods of descriptive statistics. The findings in this work can be help­ful to managers of numerous organizations and political decision-makers at all levels.

7th International Scientific Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology, Tourism, Economics, Management and Agriculture – ITEMA 2023 – Conference Proceedings, Hybrid (Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin, University of Zagreb, Croatia), October 26, 2023

ITEMA Conference Proceedings published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans – Belgrade, Serbia

ITEMA conference partners: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Varaždin; Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Serbia; Institute of Marketing, Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland; Faculty of Agriculture, Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine ”King Michael I of Romania”, Romania

ITEMA Conference 2023 Conference Proceedings: ISBN 978-86-80194-75-2, ISSN 2683-5991, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/ITEMA.2023

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Additional reading

ATTA – Adventure Travel Trade Association. (2023). Experience Croatia!, available at: https:// www.adventuretravel.biz/atta-on-the-road/experience-croatia/  (Accessed March 10, 2023)

Croatian National Tourist Board – HTZ. (2023). Croatia your new office!, available at: https://croatia.hr/en-GB/travel-info/croatia-your-new-office/  (Accessed March 13, 2023).