Abstract

Mt. Stara Planina is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Serbia and represents the westernmost part of the large mountain massif of the Balkans. Both endogenous and exogenous forces created interesting geomorphological and hydrological features for geotourism development in this area. This article proposes a preliminary list of geomorphological and hydrological sites and analyses them to reveal which geosite possesses geotourism potential. This research was carried out by applying the modified geosite assessment model. In this article, ten geosites were singled out based on the degree of their attractiveness for geotourism development. The results reveal information about the key fields of improvement for each evaluated geosite, and identify which areas require more attention and better management in the upcoming period for Mt. Stara Planina to become a well-known geotourism destination that would attract a large number of tourists in the future.

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Title
Geomorphological and hydrological heritage of Mt. Stara Planina in SE Serbia: From river protection initiative to potential geotouristic destination
Author
Marjanović, Miloš 1 ; Milenković, Jelena 2 ; Lukić, Milica 3 ; Tomić, Nemanja 1 ; Antić, Aleksandar 1 ; Marković, Rastko S 1 ; Atanasijević, Jasna 4 ; Božić, Dragana 5 ; Buhmiler, Sandra 6 ; Radaković, Milica 1 ; Radivojević, Aleksandar R 7 ; Milićević, Ana Langović 8 ; Gavrilov, Milivoj B 1 ; Marković, Slobodan B 1 

 Department for Geography, Tourism and Hotel Mangement, Faculty of sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 
 Department of Tourism, Faculty of geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 
 Department of Spatial Planing, Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia 
 Department for Mathematics and Informatics, Faculty of sciences, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 4, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 
 Stara Planina River Defence Museum, 18355 Temska, Serbia 
 Department of Fundamental Sciences, Faculty of Techical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 6, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia 
 Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences, University of Niš, Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia 
 Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Vojvodjanska bb, 36210 Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia 
Pages
275-293
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
De Gruyter Poland
e-ISSN
23915447
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2642363173
Copyright
© 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.