STRUCTURE AND MOTIVES OF VISITORS TO THE EVENT “EVENINGS OF TEŠNJAR” (SERBIA)

Dragana Dimitrić; Željko Bjeljac

doi:10.2298/IJGI1502215D

Authors

Dragana Dimitrić Master of Tourism, a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad
Željko Bjeljac Geographical Institute “Jovan Cvijić” SASA, Belgrade, Serbia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI1502215D

Keywords:

visitors, motives, Evenings of Tešnjar, Valjevo, Serbia

Abstract

This paper is a continuation of the research on the socio-demographic structure, as well as the motives of visitors of tourist events in Serbia. So far, the events with the prevailing music, ethnographic, economic and entertaining tourist contents of the program have been explored. In this paper, an event is chosen as a subject of study which has a distinctly cultural and artistic content of the program, and is held in the area which is tourism attractive architectural ambience. The aim is to establish the socio-demographic structure and motivation among visitors. The tourism evaluation of the event has also been carried out.

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