Kupari is home to the Kupari Tourist Complex, a disused military tourist resort.[3] Two Czech businessmen bought land in Kupari when it was just one old brick factory after World War I. In 1921, the Czechoslovak businessmen, with the state, founded the Grandhotel Kupari, which was to be a sea spa at the bay; it was completed in August 1923 with 166 rooms and 340 beds. The restaurant was a Czech-French restaurant set up in the hotel that could serve all 340 guests at once. In its heyday, it was the most luxurious grand hotel in southern Dalmatia and was to be the basis of the future "Slavic Riviera". It had its own greenhouse with ornamental flowers and vegetables grown for the kitchen. It hosted the cream of the First Republic's society, but also important officials from other governments.
After World War II, the spa was taken over by the Yugoslav army and turned into a recovery center. They added other buildings, including a separate villa for Josip Broz Tito. In the end, nine more hotels were prepared for vacationers, and the total accommodation capacity in the bay rose to 4,500 guests. However, the site was severely damaged during the Croatian War of Independence and has been abandoned ever since.[4]
In popular culture
On 27 October 2017, Alan Walker released the song "All Falls Down" along with Digital Farm Animals and American singer Noah Cyrus. The music video is filmed at the abandoned Hotel Goricina and an empty indoor swimming pool featuring the drone in the video.[5]
On 2 March 2024, American YouTuberMrBeast released a video on his channel titled "I Survived 7 Days In An Abandoned City", where he, along with his friends and a 70-person production team,[6] spent seven days in the village's abandoned hotel complex.[7][8] The complex was cordoned off from tourists during filming.[6]
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 950.[2]
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