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BULLETIN OF THE SERBIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY

2008. LXXXVIII- . 4
YEAR 2008 TOME LXXXVIII - N 4
UDC 911.3:380.8:711.455(497.11)

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Abstract: Apart from very contaminated spatial areas, there are places with attractive and non-polluted
nvironment, that are suitable for tourism and recreation. Such places are spa resorts, characterised by numerous
and various natural elements having significant health and recreative functions (thermo-mineral springs, rare gases,
favourable climatic conditions, rich vegetation, etc.), which attract attention of ample tourist demand. Serbia is
welknown as a country of spa resorts, because of a great number of thermo-mineral springs, long tradition and
their significance for tourism economy. Official statistical service keeps records of tourist flows only at 30 spa
resorts (approximately), having participation at 95% of the total tourist trade in Serbias spas. The topic of this
paper is devoted to estimation of the present state and perspectives of spa tourism in Serbia. Special attention is
focused on: analysis of resources for spa tourism, discussion of key factors for tourist valorization of Serbias spas,
investigation of structural features of spa tourism, comparison of Serbias experiences in domain of spa tourism
with contemporary trends in certain spa resorts in other European countries, and, finally, defining the most
important tasks for spa tourism improvement.

Key words: spa resorts, tourism, development, perspectives, Serbia

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DOBRICA JOVII

Summary

PRESENT STATE AND PERSPECTIVES OF SPA TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN SERBIA

Spa resorts are characterised by numerous and various natural elements having significant health and
recreative functions (thermo-mineral springs, rare gases, favourable climatic conditions, rich vegetation, etc.),
which attract attention of ample tourist demand. Serbia is welknown as a country of spa resorts, because of a
great number of thermo-mineral springs, long tradition and general notoriety of its spa resorts, including their
significance for tourist trade. Official statistical service keeps records of tourist flows only at 30 spa resorts
(approximately), having participation at 95% of the total tourist trade in Serbias spas. The topic of this paper is
devoted to estimation of the present state and perspectives of spa tourism in Serbia. Special attention is focused on:
analysis of resources for spa tourism, discussion of key factors for tourist valorization of Serbias spas,
investigation of structural features of spa tourism, comparison of Serbias experiences in domain of spa tourism
with contemporary trends in certain spa resorts in other European countries, and, finally, defining the most
important tasks for spa tourism improvement in the future period. Tourism activity in Serbias spa resorts has a
long tradition, and those places are, besides Belgrade and great cities, the firstly established tourist areas in our
country. The highest growth of spa tourism was registered in the first decades after the II World war, because of a
strong support by the National social policy, resulted in the fact that Serbias spas gained the status of natural
healing sites. Development of market relations and rules in Serbias economy at the end of 1960s, has provoked
the stagnation and decline of spa tourism. After the big crises in the last decade of 20th century, tourism in Serbias
spas has been recovering since 2000, but it still lags behind effects of a tourism activity in the mountains and cities
of our country. However, spa tourism will stay among the most important types of tourist trade in next decades in
Serbia, besides city tourism and mountainous tourism. The growing extent of endangerment of surface waters will
stress the importance of thermo-mineral springs in the future period, because of their curative role, and their
hygienic, physiological and recreative impacts. Those facts strengthen the possibilities of Serbia to promote
successfully its supply on the tourist market and attract various segments of domestic and foreign tourist clientele.
In that context, further tourism development of Serbias spas should follow the trends in spa tourism development
in other European countries (health and recreational programmes suitable for various segments of clientele, despite
of their age, and based on short stays aimed at improving general health; fusion of heterogeneous tourist attractions
- medical services, recreational activities, congress tourism, cultural manifestations - in integral tourist supply of
spa resorts, etc.).