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In the Museum of the Town of Kastela, an exhibition was recently opened on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of organized tourism in this town. The exhibition is organized by the Town of Kaštela Tourist Board, the Town of Kaštela, the Split-Dalmatia County and the Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board. The important anniversary has also been marked with the publication of the book “A Chronological Survey of Tourism in Kastela – 100 Years of the Šoulavy Pension”, by Sanja Acalija. The dawn of tourism in Kaštela is considered to be the opening of the first tourist pension with a developed beach in Kaštel Lukšić. It was opened by the Czech physician Henrik Šoulavy in 1909, who bought the castle Tartaglia there. 1909, therefore, is the year when the development of tourism officially begins on the Kaštela Riviera. Almost two decades later, Petar Kamber opened the Hotel Palace in Kaštel Stari, a representative tourist facility for the time. To raise the quality of the tourist offering even more, in 1936 a Municipal Bathing Committee was established for the “Lower Kastels” (Kastel Stafilic, Kastel Novi, Kastel Stari and Kastel Luksic). Read more