Literary Tourism in Celje: Exploring the Famous Writer Alma Maximiliana Karlin and her Tracks in Celje

Literary Tourism is a part of Cultural Tourism, and relates to the concepts of Heritage and Cultural Tourism. Expert and scientific articles outside Slovenia can provide case studies that show the importance of Literary Tourism.The following paper draft is talking about Literary and Cultural Tourism and their connection. We are also representing the famous writer Alma Maximiliana Karlin, who was born in Celje and spent the last years of her life back in Celje. Alma Maximiliana Karlin was a famous world traveller, poet and collector. She was born in 1889 in Celje and died in 1950, also in Celje. When she was thirteen years old Karlin went through hard orthopaedic operations and began to overcome her pain with the study of laungages. For the purpose of this draft paper we visited Celje, which was Alma´s birthplace, and an exhibtion of Alma Maximiliana Karlin which talks about her life and travelling around the world. The exhibition is located in Celje Regional Museum.