The mountain Cer: Potentials for tourism development

Abstract

In northwest of Serbia in the meridians directions an elongated mountain range of Cer with Iverak and Vlašić stretches itself. On the north it goes down to Mačva and Posavina, on the west to Podrinje, on the east to the valley of Kolubara, on the south to the basins and valleys of Jadar and upper Kolubara, which separate it from the mountains of Valjevo and Podrinje area. Cer mountain offers extremely good condition for development of eco-tourism. The variety of relief with gorgeous see-sites, natural rarities, convenient bio-climatic conditions, significant water resources, forest complexes, medieval fortresses, cultural-historic monuments, richness of flora and fauna, preserved rural environment, traditions and customs of local population, were all neglected as strategic factors in the development of tourism. This mountain’s potentials are quite satisfactory for the needs of eco-tourism, similar to the National Park of Fruška Gora, but it has lacked an adequate ecotourist strategy so far. This study aims to pointing to the potential and possibilities of ecotourist valorization of this mountain.

Po dominantnosti položaja i estetskoj kompoziciji pejzaža i predeonog lika Cer predstavlja izuzetnu planinsku celinu u severozapadnoj Srbiji. To je predeo atraktivnih prirodnih vrednosti i značajnih kulturnih obeležja. To je planina raznovrsne geološke građe, dinamične morfogeneze i razuđenog reljefa. Cer se odlikuje bogatstvom i raznovrsnošću flore i faune, složenošću fitocenoza i ekosistema. Pored toga, Cer još uvek nije proglašen za nacionalni park. Zaštita Cera podstakla bi razvoj ekoturizma. Posebno vredan kvalitet Cera su veoma povoljni uslovi za razvoj više oblika turizma.