Before the apps and hook up sites - we needed to go to bars and cafes, and events to meet people, it was the main source of connecting and networking.
Now that people can sit at home or in their hotels rooms , or on a park bench or a cafe - and check out whose around - its different and this has caused less people going to those business's that catered for our community, so much so some have closed due to lack of patronage.
The Croatian Rivera is a seasonal tourist market, hence the lack of specific venues but plenty of friendly relaxed places for a drink