Central European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development (Dec 2019)
International Status of Area Protection in the Function of Sustainable Tourism Development of the Republic of Serbia
Abstract
Due to increasing problems of deterioration of areas and their resources by the developing tourism activities, during the half of the 19th century, complete world public started to initiate international cooperation in fields of preventing negative impacts on the environment. This is the reason why special institutions and agencies for monitoring of the problem of impacts on the environement were established within the United Nations Organization. Numerous cooperations, for the purpose of taking measures and actions towards the environmental protection and cultural and historical heritage protection, have been initiated. The Republic of Serbia records a significant increase of environmental awareness of tourists, regarding the protection of natural and cultural resources. The reason is simple, natural resources, alongside the social values, should be cherished so that they would be there for future generations. They, together, represent the significant value of Sustainable tourism development.
