Petition to keep Koversada a fully FKK camp!

[Adrian]

Have you ever heard of the island of Koversada?

It is the second largest island of the Vrsar group, with an area of ​​5.5 ha and a 1 km long coastline.

It is synonymous with naturist tourism in modern Vrsar. The first naturist settlement on the Adriatic was founded in 1961 on the island and the neighboring mainland connected by a bridge at the entrance to the Lim channel (bay).

In 1972, the first naturist society in Croatia was founded there - the Society of Friends of Koversada (later the Society of Naturists of Koversada). The first president of the Society was Regjep Tofani from Ljubljana, and the secretary was Jerko Sladoljev from Poreč. At the beginning of August, the traditional Miss Koversada pageant takes place on the island. Rudolf Halbig, owner of the travel agency Miramare from Munich, contributed significantly to the development of naturism.

Today, the naturist camp covers an area of ​​about 120 ha. In 2003, the beach in Koversada was awarded the Blue Flag for the cleanliness of the sea and care for the environment.

Why am I writing this? Because the company Maistra d.d. which has this islet in the concession along with the Camp of the same name, announced that from next season they are dividing the camp into two parts, of which only one smaller part, which does not include the Koversada islet at all, will remain naturist, and the remaining part of the camp will be converted into a textile camp.
Personally, I have never been to this camp, I had the intention this summer, but unfortunately I didn't make it. The problem is not even in earnings, because Koversada is operating in a large profit, regardless of the fact that the camp is outdated and needs to be completely renovated, including sanitary facilities, activities, restaurants, bars, but apparently Maistra doesn't care about a part of Croatian history that has based its beginnings of tourism, among other things, precisely on naturism. Great Britain has seen a 20 percent increase in naturism compared to the period 30 years ago, but Maistra blames naturists for the apparently insufficient profits, but not on the lack of investment in the historic camp, which is out of date.
Koversada and Valalta are the largest camps of this type in this area, while Koversada is also the oldest naturist camp in the whole of Europe, so it would be nice if it remained that way. :)

Please sign the petition, we want Koversada to remain Koversada!

https://www.openpetition.eu/hr/petition/online/petition-to-keep-koversada-a-fully-fkk-camp

[wiener]

That's sad 😢
Done. I hope it helps. 
I visited it for a day this year and last year and I liked it, especially the little island. It would be sad if they would turn that part to textile camp.

[Fishandchips]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

[Adrian]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

Of course it does! Thats what Im couning on, its really very important to try and stop this, so everyone who can should sign the petition, send them an e-mail or write a negative review for the decision...

[Fishandchips]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

Of course it does! Thats what Im couning on, its really very important to try and stop this, so everyone who can should sign the petition, send them an e-mail or write a negative review for the decision...

I've signed. By allowing such a division you start the slippery slope to a full textile takeover. Not acceptable!

[Adrian]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

Of course it does! Thats what Im couning on, its really very important to try and stop this, so everyone who can should sign the petition, send them an e-mail or write a negative review for the decision...

I've signed. By allowing such a division you start the slippery slope to a full textile takeover. Not acceptable!

Couldnt agree more

[Fishandchips]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

Of course it does! Thats what Im couning on, its really very important to try and stop this, so everyone who can should sign the petition, send them an e-mail or write a negative review for the decision...

I've signed. By allowing such a division you start the slippery slope to a full textile takeover. Not acceptable!

Couldnt agree more

Hopefully this will be enough and the decision will be reversed.

So far this is the response I've had to a post I made with the petition:

"It would be good if there was some background behind the decision to split the resort. Petitions like this never seem to give a reason for the action being taken that they are objecting to. Maybe there is not enough demand from naturists for the area."

@Adrian Would it be possible for the details of the petition to be amended with more information on the reasons the decision was made and what alternatives can be put into place to ensure the problems are solved without dividing the site up? Or would be happy for me to quote your original post from here?

[Adrian]

We can't let another resort go down this way. Does the petition allow for non EU residents to sign or do we not count?

Of course it does! Thats what Im couning on, its really very important to try and stop this, so everyone who can should sign the petition, send them an e-mail or write a negative review for the decision...

I've signed. By allowing such a division you start the slippery slope to a full textile takeover. Not acceptable!

Couldnt agree more

Hopefully this will be enough and the decision will be reversed.

So far this is the response I've had to a post I made with the petition:

"It would be good if there was some background behind the decision to split the resort. Petitions like this never seem to give a reason for the action being taken that they are objecting to. Maybe there is not enough demand from naturists for the area."

@Adrian Would it be possible for the details of the petition to be amended with more information on the reasons the decision was made and what alternatives can be put into place to ensure the problems are solved without dividing the site up? Or would be happy for me to quote your original post from here?

Of course, feel free to quote my post...
As I could find out, since the day when Maistra d.d. took over the campside, their intention was to convert it to a textile camp. You have to know that Koversada is considered a very large camp for a Croatian standards, and as such a larg camp, it has to offer something in order to keep customers interested. In the past few years they havent invested anything into this camp. It has outdated sanitary facilities, old restaurants, not enaugh activities etc., and now they are blaming naturists for their lower interest in this camp, and they are willing to invest a sufficient funds into the camp, and offer it as 70% textile camp and 30% fkk (which will eventually lead to completely textile camp, since the part they are leaving to naturists is completely unatractive). They didnt even try renovating the camp. On the other hand, naturist camp Valalta is breaking the barriers of guest count every year, expanding their camp from season to season, building new sanitary facilities, activities for the guests and everything that goes with a camp, and in the peak of the season they couldnt be fuller despite the high prices. So obviously the problem isnt in the naturists, its in Maistras attitude towards them.
Although Ive never been to Koversada, I wanted to go this season but unfortunatelly couldnt, I think it should definitely be preserved as a first naturist camp in Europe and remain that way for many more genererations to come.
It would be nice to get as much support from all over the Europe/world, to show Maistra they are making an enormous mistake.
Naturist camps are usually much more civilised and polite camps in comparison to textile camps. The naturist clientele is according to the studies, high educated people with a higher income than average, and that is one thing that Maistra obviously doesent get.
Share the petition, write to Maistra, write to the tourist comunity of Istra, of the city Vrsar etc., do as much as you can. I will be meeting a lawyer soon ti see if we can try to preserve the camp and Croatian naturism as a Croatian unmaterialist good, if that is an option.
Thanks everyone for support, please join me on this! :)

[Fishandchips]

I've added your text to my post hopefully it will get shared and signed

[Adrian]

I've added your text to my post hopefully it will get shared and signed

Thank you! I hope so too!

[Adrian]

Please Im asking you again help to preserve the oldest FKK camp in Europe, sign the petition or share this 😊😊

[Fishandchips]

Please Im asking you again help to preserve the oldest FKK camp in Europe, sign the petition or share this 😊😊

Have there been any developments in the last week? I know it's not likely but there's hope.