Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21861/HGG.2017.79.01.03
Regional aspects of modern tourism development of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nikola Glamuzina
; University of Split, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Split, Croatia
Ivan Madžar
orcid.org/0000-0002-5419-0191
; University of Mostar, Faculty of Education, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jelena Putica
orcid.org/0000-0003-1518-3885
; University of Mostar, Faculty of Education, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
The article presents the results of research of the geographic dimensions of contemporary tourism development of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the level of tourism regions and municipalities that make up each region. For the purpose of this paper, a new tourism regionalisation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was created, and the level of tourism development was analysed using available tourism flow indicators. The methodological approach was based on GIS analysis, which served as a tool for allocating five levels of tourism development in communities that make up a particular tourism region. The survey showed a significant disparity in Herzegovina when compared to other tourism regions. This is the result of valorisation of a small number of Herzegovinian tourism potentials, as well as tourism connections with the neighbouring Croatian coast. On the other hand, other regions are characterised by very low valorisation of potential tourism factors. In addition to the national level, the concentration of tourism flow has been observed on the regional level due to significant tourism development of a small number of destinations.
Keywords
tourism development; region; GIS analysis; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Hrčak ID:
182125
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Publication date:
26.5.2017.
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