Slavković Mirić, Božica (2022) Development of tourism in Kosovo and Metohija between the two world wars. In: Global trends and threats related with identities, cultural heritage, enviroment, creative communities, tourism and sustainable local/regional development. Center for Advanced Researches, Ohrid, pp. 312-320. ISBN 978-608-66817-1-5

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Abstract

the current health situation affects all areas of life and work, including the research of the cultural heritage of a country. tourism is one of the important branches in which cultural heritage is promoted, and which is currently limited. In our paper, we came up with the idea to look at the development of tourism in the past, specifically in Kosovo and Metohija in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.tourism in this area was not developed as much as it could be, primarily because it did not give direct benefits in the first place, and also because of the poor knowledge of these areas that were far from the highway and railway. the first tourist association in Southern Serbia “Jug” was founded in 1927 in Skoplje. Progress in tourism began in 1930 when tourist propaganda intensified.tourist activity in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was based on the Decree on the Promotion of tourism. the Royal Ban’s Administration of the Vardar Banovina had an elaborate program for tourism for 1937, which included arranging traffic. the tourist line located in Kosovo and Metohija started from Skoplje via uroševac and Prizren, led to Djakovica and Peć, and from there via Kosovo Polje and Priština back to Skoplje.An important source for research on tourism development is the Review of the tourist Association of the Vardar Banovina “Jug”. In addition to the natural beauties of Kosovo and Metohija, it was necessary to promote the cultural heritage of different peoples and religions, which this area is rich in. these are monuments unique in their beauty and value. the Yugoslav state’s efforts to improve tourism in the South were slow because tourism depended on the development of other branches of the economy, and modernization was interrupted by the outbreak of world war II.

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