Tourism Infrastructure in the Function of Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case Study of the City of Kruševac, Republic of Serbia

Abstract

The sights of the City of Kruševac are numerous and they enable the realization of various aspects of tourism: cultural-historical, religious, sport, mountainous, spa, rural, and event tourism. This paper contains an analysis of the existing and planned tourism infrastructure, as well as the potential and limitations it is facing on the territory of the City of Kruševac. The subject of the research is tourism destinations in the vicinity of Kruševac – Jastrebac mountain and Ribarska Banja spa, as well as the most impor­tant sites in the tourism offer of the City of Kruševac. Tourism offer has sig­nificantly been improved by the investment into the development of sec­ondary tourism centers – Jastrebac and Ribarska Banja. For quite a short period Jastrebac has become a favorite tourism destination of the citizens of Kruševac and the tourists from other settlements of Serbia and the neigh­boring countries. For its health-care purposes, Ribarska Banja has long been popular among the older population, and recently among younger genera­tions as well, thanks to recreational tourism and natural beauties.