Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 2 4 November 2011

1. Transnational Strategy for the Sustainable Territorial Development of the Danube Area with special regard to TourismImprovement of enviromental and infrastructural conditions for tourism in Serbian Danube catchment areaMrs Nataša PavlovićTourism organization of Vojvodina Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria 24 November 2011

2. Agenda • Introduction • Serbian part of Danube in numbers • Natural resources • Cultural resources • Tourism infrastructure • Auxiliary tourism infrastructure • Tourist arrivals • Conclusions Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

3. Introduction • The Danube River is one of the most important development of Republic of Serbia • Serbia is now at the historical crossroads of the intensive adaptations to the European integrations • Danube runs through Serbia in the middle part of its course in the lenght of 588,5km and about 362km through the teritory of Vojvodina • The Serbian part of Danube catchment area has a diversified structure of attractions Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

4. Serbian part of Danube innumbers • 7 spas • extremely rich cultural heritage • international Marina opened 2009 • 2 National parks • 4 eco trails • Eurovelo 6 international cycling route • city breaks - the City of Belgrade and the City of Novi Sad • 335 accommodation facilities with 33.541 beds • 38 farms, 16 registered villages housekeeping’s and 28 ethno houses Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

5. Natural Resources • 2 National parks (Fruška gora and Djerdap) • Special reserves of nature (Gornje Podunavlje, Deliblatska peščara, Carska and Obedska bara) • 7 spas Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

6. CulturalResources • The most important archeological site of this part of the Balkans are situated here • Over 680 cultural monuments of extraordinary and great importance Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

7. Tourism infrastructure • Existing tourism infrastructure is concentrated mainly in several areas • 53,47% of total numbers of bed are in the city of Belgrade • 69,49% of South Bačka District’s accommodation facilities are settled in the city of Novi Sad Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

8. Auxiliary tourism infrastructure Marina in Apatin “Salaši” and villagehousekeeping’s Vineyards and wine cellars Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

9. Cycling trackEUROVELO Eco trails on Fruška gora mountain Facilities for Sport and Recreation Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

10. Тourist arrivals • receptive market, between 49-52% of total arrivals and over 30% of spent tourist nights • tourists remain on average of 2- 4 days • 28.87% of the beds in the country • 32.03% of spent nights • 48.07% of revenue from accommodation Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

11. Conclusions • area is not sufficiently used for tourism development (exceptions are the City of Belgrade and the City of Novi Sad). • major challengesare: • the lack of exposure of the cultural, historical and natural potentials • lack of well promote regional tourism products • poor quality of infrastructure and transport and • inadequate local capacity to adapt to economic growth through tourism Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria

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13. Thank You for attention!!!

14. Contact Nataša Pavlović, deputy director natasa.pavlovic@vojvodinaonline.com +381 21 452 910 +381 63 444 184 Big River Conference Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, Bulgaria