HUNTING TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN THE TUZLA CANTON

Abstract

The research of the development of hunting tourism in the Tuzla Canton is basically reduced to the need of establishing effective coordination of tourism development at the cantonal level as well as the region of north-eastern Bosnia, connecting tourist destinations on a number of common development issues, and achieving higher levels of overall economic development. The Tuzla Canton has the natural resources that can be used throughout the year. The area is characterized by a pleasant climate and excellent biogeographic characteristics. The mountains have preserved flora and fauna. In the forests of Ozren, Trebavac, Majevica, Konjuh, Javornik and along rivers' valleys, there are wild game, which is an important resource and a base for hunting tourism. The hunting grounds in the Tuzla Canton are divided into social and state hunting grounds. The aim of this paper is to show the possibilities for the development of hunting tourism as a factor of economic development of the Tuzla Canton and surroundings. Methodology of the research demanded field and cabinet work. Besides the literature, for the development of this paper, there were used planning documents, maps, field drawings, and statistical indicators that were processed by modern geographic methods including also GIS technology. By identifying the entire area, rich hunting grounds in the area of the Tuzla Canton were introduced, whereat the guidelines were given in the further development of hunting tourism and the creation of the position of the Tuzla Canton as a significant tourist destination.