Hydrographic tourist potentials of the Mesoregion of karst poljas and plateau of the Southwestern Bosnia

Abstract

The mesoregion of karst poljas and plateau of the Southwestern Bosnia, compared to other regional units of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is an economically less developed area with a low population density. As the name itself determines, the area abounds in specific karst relief forms that take priority in tourist valorization. As a branch of economy, tourism plays a significant role in the economic development of this area, and a special place for the development of tourism, in addition to geomorphological, belongs to hydrographic forms. It is specifically for this reason that the objective of this paper is to identify the hydrographic tourism potentials and carry out their evaluation in terms of tourism development of this mesoregion. The valorization of constant surface flows and underground streams, wells, springs, and lakes in this paper was performed by using a number of specially selected evaluation parameters in order to make a final assessment, i.e., to determine the tourist value of the potential.