The aim of this paper is to perform a tourist assessment of the representative speleoarchaeological geoheritage in Serbia for the purposes of establishing new cave tourism destinations in Serbia. Seven caves have been selected based on their speleoarcheological values. However, only two of them are currently available for visiting. The research results were obtained by using the M-GAM model and they indicate exceptional tourist potential which still remains mainly untapped. To maximize this potential and develop this type of tourism in the future, an initiative strategy for the inclusion of speleoarchaeological values into contemporary tourism flows was also proposed. The focus is set on the establishment of speleoarchaeological visitor centers and a unique tourist affirmation of the researched scientific and educational potential. The presented strategy must be set as a priority in the future in order to contribute to further sustainability of scientific and socio-economic progress th...rough speleotourism development.
Keywords:
Paleolithic archaeology / Paleoanthropology / cave tourism / show caves / M-GAM / speleoarcheology / Serbia
Source:
International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2022, 10, 2, 289-307
TY - JOUR
AU - Antić, Aleksandar
AU - Mihailović, Dušan
AU - Radović, Predrag
AU - Tomić, Nemanja
AU - Marjanović, Miloš
AU - Radaković, Milica
AU - Marković, Slobodan B.
PY - 2022
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3671
AB - The aim of this paper is to perform a tourist assessment of the representative speleoarchaeological geoheritage in Serbia for the purposes of establishing new cave tourism destinations in Serbia. Seven caves have been selected based on their speleoarcheological values. However, only two of them are currently available for visiting. The research results were obtained by using the M-GAM model and they indicate exceptional tourist potential which still remains mainly untapped. To maximize this potential and develop this type of tourism in the future, an initiative strategy for the inclusion of speleoarchaeological values into contemporary tourism flows was also proposed. The focus is set on the establishment of speleoarchaeological visitor centers and a unique tourist affirmation of the researched scientific and educational potential. The presented strategy must be set as a priority in the future in order to contribute to further sustainability of scientific and socio-economic progress through speleotourism development.
PB - Elsevier
T2 - International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
T1 - Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia
EP - 307
IS - 2
SP - 289
VL - 10
DO - 10.1016/j.ijgeop.2022.05.002
ER -
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author = "Antić, Aleksandar and Mihailović, Dušan and Radović, Predrag and Tomić, Nemanja and Marjanović, Miloš and Radaković, Milica and Marković, Slobodan B.",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The aim of this paper is to perform a tourist assessment of the representative speleoarchaeological geoheritage in Serbia for the purposes of establishing new cave tourism destinations in Serbia. Seven caves have been selected based on their speleoarcheological values. However, only two of them are currently available for visiting. The research results were obtained by using the M-GAM model and they indicate exceptional tourist potential which still remains mainly untapped. To maximize this potential and develop this type of tourism in the future, an initiative strategy for the inclusion of speleoarchaeological values into contemporary tourism flows was also proposed. The focus is set on the establishment of speleoarchaeological visitor centers and a unique tourist affirmation of the researched scientific and educational potential. The presented strategy must be set as a priority in the future in order to contribute to further sustainability of scientific and socio-economic progress through speleotourism development.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks",
title = "Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia",
pages = "307-289",
number = "2",
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Antić, A., Mihailović, D., Radović, P., Tomić, N., Marjanović, M., Radaković, M.,& Marković, S. B.. (2022). Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia. in International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks
Elsevier., 10(2), 289-307.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgeop.2022.05.002
Antić A, Mihailović D, Radović P, Tomić N, Marjanović M, Radaković M, Marković SB. Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia. in International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. 2022;10(2):289-307.
doi:10.1016/j.ijgeop.2022.05.002 .
Antić, Aleksandar, Mihailović, Dušan, Radović, Predrag, Tomić, Nemanja, Marjanović, Miloš, Radaković, Milica, Marković, Slobodan B., "Assessing speleoarcheological geoheritage: Linking new Paleolithic discoveries and potential cave tourism destinations in Serbia" in International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 10, no. 2 (2022):289-307,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgeop.2022.05.002 . .
