Turizam Volume 28, Issue 4-2

 

ATTITUDES OF LOCAL COMMUNITY ABOUT REVITALIZATION OF HUNTING TOURISM IN HUNTING GROUND “KARADJORDJEVO”.


Authors: Besermenji Snezana, Ristanovic Branko, Ristic Zoran, Manojlovic Radoslava, Matejevic Milosava

Abstract: Hunting activities were considerably developed on the territory of hunting area “Karadjordjevo“, but the development stopped due to economic and political instability at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century. This research aims to evaluate support of the local community in the previously well-known hunting destinations nowadays when hunting tourism are under the pressure of different groups who underestimate their importance. The survey was conducted in the municipality of Backa Palanka in 2018, and the results show that the local population is generally prone to the revitalization of hunting tourism. According to the results analysed in this research, local population on the territory of Mladenovo and Karadjordjevo generally supports development of hunting tourism. Local people do not have negative attitude about hunting, and, in most cases, are prone to hunters and hunting regardless of being hunters themselves or having a hunter in their family.

Keywords: hunting tourism, hunting, revitalization, Karadjordjevo, local community

DOI: 10.5937/turizam28-53655

Article info: 223-230

Received: Received: September 2024 | Accepted: January 2025


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