tmt.2019.323

THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOTOURISM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM DESTINATION – A CASE STUDY OF THE SPECIAL NATURE RESERVE “MEADOWS OF GREAT BUSTARD“, VOJVODINA

Snežana Štetić
College of Tourism, Bulevar Z. Đinđića 152a, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia

Igor Trišić
Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2019.323

4th International Thematic Monograph - Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era, Belgrade, 2019, Published by: Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans in cooperation with the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, Ohrid, North Macedonia; ISSN 2683-5673, ISBN 978-86-80194-29-5; Editors: Vuk Bevanda, associate professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia; Snežana Štetić, full time professor, The College of Tourism, Belgrade, Serbia, Printed by: SKRIPTA International, Belgrade

Abstract: Tourism in protected natural areas (PNAs) has an important and very positive role in the
tourism development of many countries. Whether the area of the Special Nature Reserve “Meadows
of Great Bustard” (SNR) represents a significant potential for the development of tourism will be concluded
in this paper by using two scientific methods. The obtained results from a conducted written
questionnaire, as the first method, will be examined by a comparative analysis with related or the same
results from the world practice research – the second method. This is the main task in this research.
The obtained results can examine the main hypothesis that the SNR is a significant tourism potential
for ecotourism both at the level of the Republic of Serbia and at the level of the countries in the region,
such as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as other European
countries. The main objective of this paper is to test the main hypothesis and to obtain certain results if
this protected area may have an impact on the development of sustainable tourism. By enhancing sustainable tourism and protecting the space of this reserve, by implementing the national tourism offer,
higher socio-cultural, economic and ecological benefits can be achieved. The results of this research
indicate that forms of tourism such as: ecotourism, science tourism, trips, bird and animal watching,
can be a basic form of tourist visits. The most significant potential of the SNR is the highly endangered
species of the Great Bustard (Otis tarda), which is the symbol of this protected area.

Keywords: Ecotourism, Sustainable tourism, Special Nature Reserve “Meadows of Great Bustard”,
Nature-based tourism.

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