Diversification of Tourism Offer as a Means of Socio-economic Development of Peripheral Regions – Case Study of Kupres

Ranko  Mirić; Nusret  Drešković; Boris  Avdić

doi:10.18690/rg.11.1.3956

Ranko Mirić University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-9756
Nusret Drešković University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1646-4171
Boris Avdić University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1615-1076

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18690/rg.11.1.3956

Keywords: Kupres, periphery, tourism offer, ski resort, rural tourism, ecotourism

Abstract

Many modern countries have significant problems with disparities in development between core and periphery. Municipality of Kupres in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one typical example of peripheral area, which is located within the sparsely populated region of Dinaric Karst Highland. It is taken for the case study in this paper, because it shows certain signs of economic activation in the field of tourism. However, its mainstream tourism offer is of seasonal character, and it is not sufficient for sustainable economic growth and significant progress in socio-economic sense. That is why tourism offer need to become more diversified. Methodology in this paper is focused on analysis of all potentials and motives that wider area of Kupres possesses, which can be valorized through systematic approach of institutions and local community. It is intended to emphasize a significance of geographical expertise in these kinds of problematic. Field research and GIS analysis are used for exploration of study area.

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Author Biographies

Ranko Mirić, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E-mail: rmiric@gmail.com

Nusret Drešković, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E-mail: nusret2109@gmail.com

Boris Avdić, University of Sarajevo, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography; Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E-mail: borisavdicpmf@hotmail.com

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