The principles of sustainable development of tourism in the special nature reserve "Gornje Podunavlje" and their impact on the local communities

Abstract

ABSTRACT:The development of tourism in protected areas is a particular challenge for the tourism business and the activity of nature conservation. The leading criteria for sustainable tourism in protected areas emphasize the importance of the adoption of certain principles of care, long-term planning and management that integrates nature protection and tourism. In this respect, the paper analyzes their importance in the case of Special Nature Reserve »Gornje Podunavlje« in Vojvodina. After acquiring the status of a special nature reserve, talk about the importance of this area to the tourism of Sombor and Apatin, where it is located, has increased. This trend follows the design of educational and tourist tracks, starting and running events as well as starting tourism businesses in rural households. There could be multiple benefits of this for the local communities.

Destination image in Serbian youth ecotourism

“…Претходна истраживања српског екотуризма су првенствено била усмерена ка атракцијској основи и другим елементима туристичке понуде (Dolinaj et al, 2009;Stankov et al, 2011;Čučulović et al, 2012;Belij et al, 2016;Kalenjuk et al, 2016;Stojanović & Pavić, 2016). Мањи број истраживања је био усмерен ка вези између развоја екотуризма и локалних заједница (Stojanović et al, 2014;Brankov et al, 2015), другим интересним странама (Stamenković et al, 2016) и одликама тражње у екотуризму, попут задовољства (Belij, 2017) и мотивације (Pavlović et al, 2020). Већина ових студија је била усмерена ка покрајини Војводини као целини или конкретним дестинацијама у њој, са изузетком Stankov et al 2011 Светски еколошки покрет је остварио приметан раст популарности код младих људи у протеклим годинама, што их чини посебно значајним сегментом екотуристичке тражње.…”

“…Dolinaj et al, 2009;Stankov et al, 2011;Ĉuĉulović et al, 2012;Belij et al, 2016;Kalenjuk et al, 2016;Stojanović & Pavić, 2016). Smaller number of studies focused on the relationship between ecotourism development and local communities (Stojanović et al, 2014;Brankov et al, 2015), other stakeholders (Stamenković et al, 2016) and characteristics of the ecotourism demand, such as satisfaction (Belij, 2017) and motivation (Pavlović et al, 2020). The majority of these studies focused on the Vojvodina province in general or its particular destinations, with the exception of Stankov et al (2011), which focused on Stara Planina Nature Park, and Brankov et al (2015) and Pavlović et al (2020), which both focused on the Đerdap National Park.…”

Opportunities for sustainable tourism development and nature conservation in Special Nature Reserve "Deliblatska peščara"

“…Properly planned tourism development can contribute to the economic, socio-cultural, and equally important environmental benefits of the destination. It is precisely the concept of sustainable tourism development that is based on this principle (Stojanović et al, 2014;Redţić, 2017).…”

Cultural events as part of cultural tourism development. Case study: Sombor and Apatin (Serbia)

“…The municipality of Sombor comprises of 16 settlements and the municipality of Apatin of 5 settlements (Internet 1; Internet 2). Although the area is characterized by depopulation and the aging of the population (Stojanovi} et al 2014), this is a multiethnic area.…”