Valorization of territorial capital in function of rural tourism development – A case study of Kneževo municipality

Gordana  Rokvić Knežić; Milana  Kalabić; Željko  Vaško

doi:10.5937/menhottur2002035R

Authors

Gordana Rokvić Knežić University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3748-960X
Milana Kalabić University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1424-7517
Željko Vaško University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Banja Luka, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6655-8432

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/menhottur2002035R

Keywords:

territorial capital, rural development, rural tourism, valorisation

Abstract

The main goal of the research presented in the paper is to analyse the current state and level of development of rural area, in Kneževo municipality, as well as to define the possibilities of development of certain forms of rural tourism based on the territorial capital. In other words, the capital of space consists of natural and created capital. For the purposes of the valorisation of tourist potentials, the qualitative-quantitative methodology of the World Tourism Organization was used, which includes conducting a survey using standard forms of a questionnaire. Based on this survey, resource scoring was performed according to all external and internal factors, i.e. criteria. According to the results of the research, the indicator of tourist value for Kneževo municipality is estimated with 98.74 points out of a possible 400 points, or 25% of its potential tourist value.

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