TOURIST DEVELOPMENT OF BJELASNICA MOUNTAIN-PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

The subject of paper is Bjelasnica mountain, or problems and perspective of tourism development. This area is rich of rarity natural geographical and socially geographical elements, which contribute to its uniqueness. Natural geographical specificity of the study area is related to its component natural geographical elements such as: relief, climate and hydrogeographic and biogeographic characteristics, which together with anthropogenic tourist elements form the basis for satisfying of complex needs of tourism. Seasonality of tourism movement is expressed on Bjelasnica, which is evident in the winter period of the year. As a normal consequence of the increasing tourist demand in the winter period, arranging ski areas gains on special importance in the process of tourism planning and mountain areas. Ski slopes and lifts are the essence of winter offer and their functioning must be a prerequisite for the finalization of other elements of the offer such as accommodation, food and recreation. Also, if you want to achieve main purpose of the ski centers, and this is primarily recreation and psycho-physical rest, it needs to take care of the capacity of space that will be incorporated in the work.