He graduated in 2009, and finished his post-graduate (master’s) studies in 2010 by defending his master’s thesis entitled: “Tourist presentation of the geoheritage of the Lazareva River Canyon” at the Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad. In the same year, he enrolled in doctoral studies, major: doctor of geosciences (tourism) and applied for a doctoral dissertation entitled “Geoheritage of the Middle and Lower Danube in Serbia: inventory, geoconservation and geotourism”, which he defended in 2016.
Contact:
Phone: +381 21 485 2793 | e-mail: airtomic@gmail.com
Academic positions:
- 2013. – Research associate, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
- 2017. – Assistant professor, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
- 2022. – Associate professor, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Science, University of Novi Sad
Research areas:
- Geotourism
- Geoheritage and geodiversity
- Geoconservation
- Tourist assessment and evaluation methods
- Archaeological and cultural tourism
- Wine tourism
- Terroir and geographical indications of wine
Courses:
- Undergraduate studies: Beverages with geographical indications, Introduction to research in tourism, Sports and recreational tourism, Academic writing, Management of tourist destinations
- Master studies: Principals and methods of tourism assessment, Management of natural resources in tourism, Extreme sports and tourism
- PhD studies: Methodology of scientific research
Projects:
- Tourist assessment of natural and cultural heritage of Vojvodina. Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research (2021-2024)
- International strategic development project ‘Comparative study of past climate changes at multi-timescale in East Asian monsoon region and Westerly zone’ (project number 401-00-00590) Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China (2018-2021)
- The Transformation of Serbia’s geospace: history, current problems and solution proposals (project number 176020) Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Serbia (2011-2020)
- Promotion of natural and cultural heritage to develop sustainable tourism in protected areas. Interreg ADRION project PRONACUL (2020-2023)