Open AccessIs tourism powerful enough to develop Dragacevo villages?
Author(s) -
Jelena Obrenić
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn1551307o
Subject(s) - tourism , rural tourism , human settlement , geography , rural area , rural settlement , economic geography , tourism geography , phenomenon , point (geometry) , economic growth , business , economy , political science , economics , archaeology , law , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics
The growing demand for tourism products in rural settlements is one of the prevailing tendencies in the world. A very important segment of tourism in villages is dealing with this activity within farms. In some villages of Dragacevo, segments of tourism based on the rural environment, rural economy and culture have a long tradition. Their development started in the eighties and it continues today, but this phenomenon is little known from a scientific point of view. Therefore, it is necessary to search the characteristics of households engaged in rural tourism in Dragacevo. Obtained results provide a better understanding of their functioning, but also present the connection between tourism and socio-economic structure, production potentials and other characteristics and transformations of households and villages. Research in this area is the prerequisite of routing directions for further development of tourism in villages.