TY  - JOUR
AU  - Petrović, Marko D.
AU  - Vujko, Aleksandra
AU  - Gajić, Tamara
AU  - Vuković, Darko B.
AU  - Radovanović, Milan
AU  - Jovanović, Jasmina M.
AU  - Vuković, Natalia
PY  - 2018
UR  - https://gery.gef.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/950
AB  - The research deals with the sustainable development of the Serbian and Slovenian countryside, under the influence of tourism progress. The article identifies the main rural tourism competitiveness in Serbia and Slovenia, as one of the essential factors of rural development in both countries, analyzing the main contributions and making a series of proposals to guide the future research agenda. The aim of the paper is to clarify around one obviously defined objectiveto point out the competitiveness of sustainable rural tourism in typical post-socialist settings. The data for this study were collected using the Integrated Model of Destination Competitiveness to observe Serbian and Slovenian competitiveness in tourism. Determinants were assessed using a survey evaluating four demanding factors and 20 supporting factors, based upon a five-point Likert Scale. The results indicated that the friendliness of residents towards visitors, easy communication between them, together with quality of infrastructure and health facilities show the highest level of statistical correlation. These are the main propositions to start an initiative for the authorities in local communities to actively participate in sustainable rural development. The findings provide tourism stakeholders with relevant respondents' perceptions pertaining to the tourism development in non-urban areas.
PB  - Basel : MDPI
T2  - Sustainability
T1  - Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Study of Serbia and Slovenia
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
SP  - 54
DO  - 10.3390/su10010054
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_950
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Petrović, Marko D. and Vujko, Aleksandra and Gajić, Tamara and Vuković, Darko B. and Radovanović, Milan and Jovanović, Jasmina M. and Vuković, Natalia",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The research deals with the sustainable development of the Serbian and Slovenian countryside, under the influence of tourism progress. The article identifies the main rural tourism competitiveness in Serbia and Slovenia, as one of the essential factors of rural development in both countries, analyzing the main contributions and making a series of proposals to guide the future research agenda. The aim of the paper is to clarify around one obviously defined objectiveto point out the competitiveness of sustainable rural tourism in typical post-socialist settings. The data for this study were collected using the Integrated Model of Destination Competitiveness to observe Serbian and Slovenian competitiveness in tourism. Determinants were assessed using a survey evaluating four demanding factors and 20 supporting factors, based upon a five-point Likert Scale. The results indicated that the friendliness of residents towards visitors, easy communication between them, together with quality of infrastructure and health facilities show the highest level of statistical correlation. These are the main propositions to start an initiative for the authorities in local communities to actively participate in sustainable rural development. The findings provide tourism stakeholders with relevant respondents' perceptions pertaining to the tourism development in non-urban areas.",
publisher = "Basel : MDPI",
journal = "Sustainability",
title = "Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Study of Serbia and Slovenia",
volume = "10",
number = "1",
pages = "54",
doi = "10.3390/su10010054",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_950"
}

Petrović, M. D., Vujko, A., Gajić, T., Vuković, D. B., Radovanović, M., Jovanović, J. M.,& Vuković, N.. (2018). Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Study of Serbia and Slovenia. in Sustainability
Basel : MDPI., 10(1), 54.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10010054
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_950

Petrović MD, Vujko A, Gajić T, Vuković DB, Radovanović M, Jovanović JM, Vuković N. Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Study of Serbia and Slovenia. in Sustainability. 2018;10(1):54.
doi:10.3390/su10010054
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_950 .

Petrović, Marko D., Vujko, Aleksandra, Gajić, Tamara, Vuković, Darko B., Radovanović, Milan, Jovanović, Jasmina M., Vuković, Natalia, "Tourism as an Approach to Sustainable Rural Development in Post-Socialist Countries: A Comparative Study of Serbia and Slovenia" in Sustainability, 10, no. 1 (2018):54,
https://doi.org/10.3390/su10010054 .,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_gery_950 .