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Jelka Tepšić

Deputy Mayor City of Dubrovnik

Mrs. Tepšić is the Deputy Mayor City of Dubrovnik, as well as honorary consul to the Kingdom of Spain since 2014. She is a professor of the Spanish language, literature and Comparative literature and has more than 30 years of experience in tourism, communication, media and marketing.

In the City of Dubrovnik, Mrs. Tepšić is responsible for tourism, sustainability and culture. During her work in past years, the city has been developing strategic, long term project called “Respect the City”.

She has participated in many congresses worldwide where she presented this project, which deals with innovative integrated development and focuses on the sustainable development of tourism in the city.

She showed how the City administration faced with the problem of overcrowding, ensuring a better distribution of visitors and suppressing the negative effects of over-tourism. This Project was recognized as an example of good practice in destination management at the World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) in Krakow.