Kupanje u Dravi – »idemo nizvodno«

This paper takes a look into the past, being by way of a first step, as it were »dipping a toe in the cold water«, creating a few waves and then taking us up to the present day, with some ideas for the future of »bathing in the Drava«. We associate various things with the word »bathing«: washing and hygiene, recreation and leisure, sport and fitness. All these things were once possible in the river Drava (Drau) and certainly could be again, at least in certain selected locations. In Carinthia too, the »land of 1,000 lakes« – and not just in Carinthia – bathing in the river would be a meaningful and attractive addition to existing tourism facilities, and need not be regarded as being in competition with them.Ovaj nas rad vodi u prošlost, kao da se radi o prvom koraku, kao kada bismo »uronili stopala u hladnu vodu«, napravili nekoliko valova i zatim se vratili u sadašnjost s nekoliko ideja vezanih uz budućnost »kupanja u Dravi«. Uz riječ »kupanje« se obično povezuju različite stvari: pranje i higijena, rekreacija, opuštanje i fitnes. Sve te stvari su se nekada odvijale na rijeci Dravi i sigurno bi se opet mogle odvijati, barem na pojedinim odabranim lokacijama. U Koruškoj, »saveznoj državi s 1,000 jezera« – i ne samo u Koruškoj – kupanje u rijeci bila bi smislena i atraktivna nadopuna postojeće turističke ponude, te se takav oblik aktivnosti ne treba smatrati konkurencijom postojećoj turističkoj ponudi