Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 2015 Volume 95, Issue 1, Pages: 51-66
https://doi.org/10.2298/GSGD1501051S
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Application of multi-criteria analysis and GIS in ecotourism development (Case study: Serbian Danube region)
Stojković Sanja (Faculty of Geography, Belgrade)
Đurđić Snežana (Faculty of Geography, Belgrade)
Anđelković Goran (Faculty of Geography, Belgrade)
Ecotourism can be defined as responsible travel to natural areas that
conserves the environment and cultural heritage and improves the well-being
of local people. Sustainable planning and management of ecotourism
development are important and necessary for increasing positive and
decreasing negative effects on the complex environment. This paper analyses
the suitability of selected protected natural areas in the Serbian Danube
region for the purposes of ecotourism development. The multi-criteria
analysis includes several natural and socio-economic factors and criteria
which influence ecotourism development. The integration of Geographic
Information System (GIS) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) greatly
facilitates the decision-making process in the ecotourism destination
planning. A suitability map of the analysed protected natural areas for
ecotourism development as one of the sustainable tourism types is highlighted
as a result of this paper. Such analysis assists in the objective promotion
of ecotourism destinations and thus contributes to the improvement of Serbian
tourism development.
Keywords: ecotourism, environment, cultural heritage, GIS, multi-criteria analysis
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