Transnational Strategy for the Sustainable Territorial Development of the Danube Area with special regard to Tourism Improvement of enviromental and infrastructural conditions for tourism in Serbian Danube catchment area Mrs Nataša Pavlović Tourism organization of Vojvodina Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 24 November 2011

Agenda Introduction Serbian part of Danube in numbers Natural resources Cultural resources Tourism infrastructure Auxiliary tourism infrastructure Tourist arrivals Conclusions Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Introduction The Danube River is one of the most important development of Republic of Serbia Serbia is now at the historical crossroads of the intensive adaptations to the European integrations Danube runs through Serbia in the middle part of its course in the lenght of 588,5km and about 362km through the teritory of Vojvodina The Serbian part of Danube catchment area has a diversified structure of attractions Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Serbian part of Danube in numbers 7 spas extremely rich cultural heritage international Marina opened National parks 4 eco trails Eurovelo 6 international cycling route city breaks - the City of Belgrade and the City of Novi Sad 335 accommodation facilities with beds 38 farms, 16 registered villages housekeeping’s and 28 ethno houses Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Natural Resources  2 National parks (Fruška gora and Djerdap)  Special reserves of nature (Gornje Podunavlje, Deliblatska peščara, Carska and Obedska bara)  7 spas Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Cultural Resources  The most important archeological site of this part of the Balkans are situated here  Over 680 cultural monuments of extraordinary and great importance Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Tourism infrastructure  Existing tourism infrastructure is concentrated mainly in several areas  53,47% of total numbers of bed are in the city of Belgrade  69,49% of South Bačka District’s accommodation facilities are settled in the city of Novi Sad Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Auxiliary tourism infrastructure Marina in Apatin Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria “Salaši” and village housekeeping’s Vineyards and wine cellars

Eco trails on Fruška gora mountain Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria Facilities for Sport and Recreation Cycling track EUROVELO

Тourist arrivals receptive market, between 49-52% of total arrivals and over 30% of spent tourist nights tourists remain on average of 2- 4 days 28.87% of the beds in the country 32.03% of spent nights 48.07% of revenue from accommodation Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

Conclusions - area is not sufficiently used for tourism development (exceptions are the City of Belgrade and the City of Novi Sad). - major challenges are:  the lack of exposure of the cultural, historical and natural potentials  lack of well promote regional tourism products  poor quality of infrastructure and transport and  inadequate local capacity to adapt to economic growth through tourism Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

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