IDENTIFICATION AND TOURIST VALORIZATION OF THE SPRINGS IN THE UNA RIVER SYSTEM

Abstract

The Una valley with its tributaries, high-yield karst springs, as well as numerous hydrogeomorphological objects of great aesthetic value, represent a unique complex that could greatly affect the development of tourism in Una catchment area. Springs as separate hydrogeomorphological objects can be an important natural potential for tourism development. The Una River System is located in the northwest of Bosnia and Herzegovina and it partly includes the territory of the neighboring Croatia. Concerning its specific geographical position, as well as the physical-geographic determinants, which determine it, the development of tourism industry in this area could be an important source of revenue for the administrative units to which it belongs to.