Karst geoheritage and geotourism potential in the Pek River lower basin (eastern Serbia)

Antić, Aleksandar; Tomić, Nemanja; Marković, Slobodan B.

doi:10.5937/gp23-20463

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“…Geoheritage and geosite studies have assumed growing scientific importance in the past 25 years, and territorial legislative initiatives have emerged all around the world. Geoheritage studies have usually been carried out in terrestrial environments: Mountain areas (e.g., [1][2][3][4][5][6]), coastal areas (e.g., [7][8][9][10][11]), karst areas (e.g., [12][13][14][15][16]), fluvial areas (e.g., [17][18][19]), and volcanic areas ( [20][21][22][23]). Recently, a great deal of interest has concerned also geoheritage in urban areas (e.g., [24][25][26][27][28][29][30]).…”

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Bridging Terrestrial and Marine Geoheritage: Assessing Geosites in Portofino Natural Park (Italy)

Coratza

Vandelli

Fiorentini

et al. 2019

Water

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Interest in geoheritage research has grown over the past 25 years and several countries have issued laws to encourage improvement and conservation. Investigations on geosites are prevalently carried out on land environments, although the study of underwater marine environments is also of paramount scientific importance. Nevertheless, due to the constraints of underwater environments, these sites have been little explored, also on account of the higher costs and difficulties of surveying. This research has identified and assessed the terrestrial and marine geosites of the Portofino Natural Park and Protected Marine Area, which are internationally famous owing to both the land scenic features and the quality of the marine ecosystem. The goal was to pinpoint the most suitable sites for tourist improvement and fruition and identify possible connections between the two environments. In all, 28 terrestrial sites and 27 marine sites have been identified and their scientific value as well as their ecological, cultural, and aesthetic importance has been assessed. In addition, accessibility, services, and economic potential of geosites has also been taken into account. Both the updated database of terrestrial and marine geosites in the Portofino protected areas and the assessment procedure adopted can become useful tools for the managers of these sites and provide decision-makers with possible strategies for tourist development.

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Bridging Terrestrial and Marine Geoheritage: Assessing Geosites in Portofino Natural Park (Italy)

Coratza

Vandelli

Fiorentini

et al. 2019

Water

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“…The first is the Geosite Assessment Model (GAM) scientifically based for geolocation evaluation purposes. The model was created by Vujičić et al [54] based on a numerous scientific works in the field of evaluation [46,[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75] and it was scientifically established later on [49,60,76]. This method evaluated the subindicators, on the basis of which the assessment of the geo-tourist values of the mine was determined.…”

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“…The main objectives of geotourism include promotion and protection of geoheritage throughout tourism activities along with educational and interpretive elements in order to increase the awareness of the wider public for conservation needs as well as sustainable development of the tourism industry [49,50].…”

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Assessment of Geotourism Values and Ecological Status of Mines in Kopaonik Mountain (Serbia)

Vukoičić¹,

Ivanović²,

Radovanović³

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Abandoned mines can pose a major environmental hazard. At the beginning of the 21st century, significant steps were taken all around the world in order to protect these historically valuable complexes, and the mining heritage was recognized as a potential for the development of alternative tourism. This exploration covers mines in the Kopaonik Mountain area. Mining on this mountain began in ancient times. It has developed throughout history, and today only one mine is active. Three abandoned (Gvozdac, Suvo Rudište and Raičeva Gora) and one active mine (Belo Brdo-Zaplanina) are the subject of research. The basic aim of the research is twofold. The estimation of geo-tourist values was performed using the Geosite Assessment Model (GAM), and the ecological status assessment WAS performed according to the standard model based on negative and positive values. Based on the applied methods, it was concluded that mines (geosites) have a high level of natural characteristics, and that differences between geosites are evident in tourist values. The reason for this is insufficient tourist affirmation and the insufficient availability of tourist infrastructure. With the ecological status, positive values were observed on the geosites, which also differ from one (Raičeva Gora) to 15 points (Gvozdac). In the end, the results obtained are of great scientific importance, and their direct application is in the development of the Tourism Development Strategy in the Kopaonik area.

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“…Encompassing all the knowledge about the importance of cave management and other geosites, there is an urgent need to approach speleotourism in Serbia strategically in order to gain greater importance in the tourism market. Studies on speleotourism in Serbia (Petrović, 2006;Antić, 2018;Antić et al, 2019;Tomić et al, 2019;Vuković & Antić, 2019) have shown that caves possess an extraordinary tourism potential, which can have an exceptional impact on tourism development at a national level.…”

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Examining and Forecasting Tourist Arrivals and Speleotourism Development in Resava Cave (Eastern Serbia)

Antić

Vujko

Tomić

2020

European Journal of Tourism, Hospitality and Recreation

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Caves, gorges, canyons, waterfalls and other karst geoheritage sites have been the focus of many tourists who visit Serbia. Caves have been visited and explored by numerous school excursions and scientific expeditions. Thus speleotourism in Serbia possesses great potential for local and regional economic empowerment. Moreover, analyzing the influence of complementary tourist activities for speleotourism can generate more knowledge for future development strategies. This paper aims to forecast tourist arrivals in Resava Cave and thus determine the current and future conditions of speleotourism development. According to the current speleotourist traffic, Resava Cave is the most developed speleotourism destination in Serbia. Therefore, estimating the growth of tourist traffic is crucial for understanding its true potential.

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Karst geoheritage and geotourism potential in the Pek River lower basin (eastern Serbia)

Cited by 42 publications

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Bridging Terrestrial and Marine Geoheritage: Assessing Geosites in Portofino Natural Park (Italy)

Bridging Terrestrial and Marine Geoheritage: Assessing Geosites in Portofino Natural Park (Italy)

Assessment of Geotourism Values and Ecological Status of Mines in Kopaonik Mountain (Serbia)

Examining and Forecasting Tourist Arrivals and Speleotourism Development in Resava Cave (Eastern Serbia)

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