Dubrovnik is a Croatian
city on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the most prominent tourist
destination in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the center of
Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,615. In
1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World
Heritage Cities. The prosperity of the city was historically
based on maritime trade. As the capital of the maritime Republic
of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly
during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its
wealth and skilled diplomacy. The beginning of modern tourism is
associated with the construction of the Hotel Imperial in
Dubrovnik in 1897. According to CNNGo, Dubrovnik is among the 10
best preserved medieval walled cities in the world. Although it
was demilitarised in the 1970s to protect it from war, in 1991,
after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was besieged by the Serb and
Montenegin soldiers gathered in the Yugoslav Peoplle's Army (JNA)
for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling.
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