Impact of active tourism on economic development: Example of the Fruska Gora National park (Vojvodina, north Serbia)

Abstract

Over the past few years, there has been intensified research about active tourism development in the area of Fruška Gora National Park and its impact on economic and business development, namely, potential development of certain economic categories within the given area and the gravitating area of the national park. Based on this, the main hypothesis has been formulated. It explains that more intensive development of tourism trends (for which favourable preconditions exist) in Fruška Gora National Park have positive impact on the overall economic development of the gravitation zone, which includes the area of the city of Novi Sad (Serbia). The primary goal of this study was to investigate the attitudes of respondents about Fruška Gora National Park as a tourism resource suitable for development of active tourism, and to show existing and potential impacts of the economic categories. The survey was conducted in prominent cycling, hiking and equestrian clubs in the city of Novi Sad, and on a random sample of the residents of Novi Sad (the sample of 303 respondents). The data were processed with the SPSS program (version 17.0). To determine the frequency of specific deviations chi-square test was used.

The Nexus between Employee Engagement and Performance Management Processes—Fruška Gora National Park (Serbia) Case Study

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Indicators of the Development of Sports and Recreational Tourism as an Integral Product of Rural Destinations

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Stakeholders’ Attitudes toward Protected Areas: The Case of Tara National Park (Serbia)

“…Even though the literature emphasizes the great importance of successful coordination between various actors in the process of NP's management, this topic is still insufficiently covered in the case of Serbian NPs. This type of PA cooperation is usually analyzed from the local populations' [18,23,[28][29][30][31][32] or the visitors' perspectives [33][34][35][36][37][38]. To fill this gap, the aims of the research are (1) to identify attitudes of different interest groups (community, visitors, management authorities, and key local persons) in Tara NP in western Serbia, which was proclaimed in 1981 and is one of the five NPs in the country, and (2) to identify specific factors that shape these attitudes.…”