Dimensioning the extended capacity of Zlatar Ski Center using linear programming method

Abstract

Zlatar Ski Center has an extremely high potential as a ski resort that could be among the most visited ones in Serbia. What characterizes this center is the proximity of Kokin Brod Lake, the Tara River and the like. Therefore, Zlatar should be considered both as a ski center and in terms of other diversities. The aim of this paper is to analyze the possibility of expanding the capacity of ski resorts by increasing the possible flow of skiers on new ski lifts and ski slopes. The methods used in this paper belong to operational research, specifically, the geometric interpretation of linear programming. It is also shown how to optimize the extended capacities. If the capacities of ski slopes are to be increased, it would initiate greater investment in accommodation capacities in the area of the municipality of Nova Varoš, which would affect its improvement in terms of tourism.

Sustainable Tourism near the City—A Case Study of Stolovi Mountain, Serbia

“…After the inevitable consultation of literature sources [12,[41][42][43][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107], the research continued with field observation. It was important to determine whether people knew about Stolovi Mountain, where it was located and whether there were any historically important and tourism sites in its foothills [60,61,63,64,67].…”

“…According to RZS [8], compared to other tourist-affirmed mountain areas, they are recognizable even to foreign tourists. There are mountains where tourism is on the rise, such as Fruška gora, Stara planina [9,10], Zlatar [11,12], etc. However, through field observations, mountains that were completely unrecognized by tourists or had minimal affirmation in terms of tourism were found.…”