Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin shekarun 1980, yawon shakatawa yana bunƙasa a Yugoslavia. Ba da daɗewa ba Filin shakatawa na Ƙasar Plitvice Lakes ya zama ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da yawon buɗe ido suka fi shahara a Yugoslavia. Amma, somawar shekarun 1990 ta kawo wani canji a tarihin wannan wurin shakatawa na ƙasa. A watan Maris na 1991 ya zama abin da ya faru na Plitvice Lakes
(wanda kuma ake kira "Plitvice Bloody Easter"), rikici na farko na yakin basasa na Croatia wanda ya haifar da mutuwar mutane. 'Yan tawayen Serbia na gida da Slobodan Milošević da Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) suka goyi bayan su a matsayin wani ɓangare na "Jamhuriyar Serbia ta Krajina" a lokacin rikici kuma sun sami wasu lalacewa a cikin tsari, tare da otal-otal da sauran wurare da ake amfani da su azaman bariki. A lokacin da ke ƙarƙashin ikon sojojin Serbia masu aminci ga Belgrade, an tsabtace kabilanci daga yankin a hankali. Rundunar sojin Croatia ta sake karɓar yankin a watan Agusta 1995 yayin Operation Storm, kuma an kori yawancin mutanen Serbia.