ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF LAND AND BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT AS AN OBSTACLE TO THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM

Abstract

The authors recognized the rapid urbanization of tourist places as a burning problem and a stumbling block in the future of all types of tourism in the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The main goal of the paper is scientific-professional analysis and explanation of the problem of illegal occupation of land that is considered part of a protective forest, national park or other land with a special purpose, as well as construction without a building permit and its impact on tourism quality. The paper presents an analysis of the frequency of criminal offenses related to the observed phenomenon in the period from 2016 to 2020 in the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The purpose of this paper is a causal analysis of criminal offenses in the subject area with the aim of revealing the relationship between the number of reported, accused and convicted persons, i.e. established rules of case law and the impact of court decisions on the behavior of individuals and society as a whole, with the aim of protecting and developing tourism in the future.