Turizam u funkciji razvoja ruralnih područja južne i istočne Srbije

Abstract

Contemporary tourism trends are characterized by the increasing tourist movements towards rural destinations. Tourism in rural areas has become reality, the need and desire of tourists, but also an important activity for the development of rural areas. Southern and Eastern Serbia region has great potential for the development of rural tourism, but despite this, it is still at an early stage of development. The reason for this situation lies in a number of limiting factors and inadequate valorisation of available resources. For that reason, it is necessary to identify the key factors of development and establish the proposed measures, based on the available resources as well as on the experience of other countries, all in order to define strategic solutions which would enable faster development of rural tourism.