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Role of specific geographic landscapes in city break destinations
Author(s) -
Snežana Štetić,
Dario Šimičević
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
glasnik srpskog geografskog društva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-078X
pISSN - 0350-3593
DOI - 10.2298/gsgd0901095s
Subject(s) - destinations , tourism , recreation , entertainment , tourist destinations , geography , advertising , limiting , business , marketing , economic geography , political science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , engineering , law
Urban tourist destinations or City Break destinations are representing one of main destination products on tourist market. City Break destinations are big cities, administrative, economic and political centers of states and regions. These cities are 'open' 24 hours per day, seven days in week. Inside these tourist destination we can find different range of products (culture, entertainment, recreation, leisure, history, modern infrastructure). In these destinations season is not present and it lasts trough out the year. Promotional campaigns in City Break destinations are truing to create distinguished images in tourists mind as also as on investors, consumers and future residents. They emphasize advantages that those cities are delivering to their consumers, but often we forget that all these cities are having specific geographic landscapes. In the era of limiting of mass tourism to preserve resources for future generations and emphasizing the importance of sustainable development for tourism perspectives, the importance of specific geographic landscapes inside urban destinations for their further development as tourist destinations an their overall development is slightly neglected

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