Tourism attractions: Key elements of tourism resource base

• Published in: Glasnik Srpskog geografskog društva (1948) Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 3 - 20
• Main Authors: Jovicic, Dobrica, Brankov, Jovana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serbian Geographical Society 2009
• Subjects: attraction; resource base; tourism; valorization
• ISSN: 0350-3593; 2406-078X
• DOI: 10.2298/GSGD0901003J

There is no doubt that theory of tourism lags behind increased tourism practice. In order to decrease such gap, theoretical work in tourism must be intensified and permanently reconsidered in future period. Consequently, it is necessary to pay attention to complex analysis and explicit interpretation of important notions that are integral parts of tourism practice, as well as objects of scientific investigations. The subject of this paper is analysis of complex structure of tourism resource base. Specially are focused two relevant tourism notions - tourist resources and tourist attractions (tourist motives). Analysis of their meaning, interrelationship and differences is made, relying on basic tourismological principles and critical review of contemporary experts opinions in this domain. Correct interpretation, setting the correlation and distinction between tourism relevant notions, at the same time require great responsibility and duty of tourismologists, tourism geographers, economists and other experts in the field of tourism to contribute to strengthening of tourism theory, adequately influencing on growing tourism practice. Nesporno je da teoretska misao u turizmu zaostaje iza narasle turisticke prakse. Da bi se taj jaz smanjio, teoretski rad u turizmu mora se u intenzivirati i kontinuirano preispitivati, radi naucne objektivnosti i usavrsavanja. U tom cilju, neophodno je punu paznju posvetiti analizi i preciznom tumacenju bitnih pojmova koji su sastavni deo operative turistickog razvoja ali i predmet naucno- istrazivackog rada. U ovom radu analizira se kompleksna struktura turisticke resursne osnove, pri cemu su u fokusu razmatranja dva vazna pojma za teoriju i praksu turistickog razvoja - turisticki resursi i turisticke atrakcije. Izvrsena je analiza njihovog znacenja, medjusobnog odnosa i razlika, koriscenjem osnovnih principa turizmoloskih istrazivanja i uz kriticki osvrt na razlicite stavove i pristupe odnosnoj problematici savremenih teoreticara turizma. Adekvatno tumacenje, uspostavljanje korelacije i distinkcije izmedju turisticki relevantnih pojmova, podrazumeva veliku odgovornost i obavezu turizmologa, turistickih geografa, ekonomista i drugih eksperata u oblasti turizma, kako bi oni svojim radom dali doprinos jacanju teoretske misli u turizmu, uticuci adekvatno na sve razvijeniju turisticku praksu.