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Journal of the Forestry (Šumarski list), Vol. 146 No. 5-6, 2022.

Professional paper

https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.146.5-6.6

Concept of ecotourism development in UNESCO biosphere reserves: Case studies from Croatia and Serbia

Vladimir Stojanović ; Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
Damir Demonja ; Institute for Development and International Relations, IRMO, Zagreb
Maja Mijatov ; Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
Jelena Dunjić ; Faculty of Sciences, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Novi Sad, Serbia
Sanja Tišma ; Institute for Development and International Relations, IRMO, Zagreb

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Abstract

Ecotourism is a sustainable form of tourism in protected areas that provides support for nature protection and sustainable development of local communities. Biosphere reserves are special areas with a relatively original nature and active socio-economic development, as well as with cultural characteristics that must be in harmony with the ecological environment. Understanding the interaction of environmental, economic and social factors in a biosphere reserve is the basis for setting the concept of sustainable development of ecotourism. In respect to that, this paper includes an analysis of the concepts of ecotourism within the protected areas Kopački rit (Croatia) and Gornje Podunavlje (Serbia), in the biosphere reserves Mura – Drava – Dunav (Croatia) and Bačko Podunavlje (Serbia), with the main aim of making a comparative analysis of their organization. The main findings are providing the knowledge basis in terms of nature protection according to the national legislation and international nature protection statuses, nature degradation and challenges of protected area management, organization of tourism, cooperation between nature protection and tourism development, projects supporting the nature protection and ecotourism development and involvement of the local population.

Keywords

ecotourism; biosphere reserves; UNESCO; sustainable development; nature protection

Hrčak ID:

279976

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/279976

Publication date:

30.6.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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