Dex-Based Evaluation of Sustainable Rural Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The research objectives presented in this paper are to assess the current state of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s rural tourism offer and to recommend a course of action for its development based on the model’s data that was gathered from subject-matter experts. In this paper, the multicriteria analysis m...

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Published in:Tourism and hospitality (Basel) 2022-12, Vol.3 (4), p.919-930
Main Authors: Puška, Adis, Štilić, Anđelka, Nedeljković, Miroslav, Maksimović, Aleksandar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cultural heritage
Culture
Decision making
DEX method
Economic activity
Economic growth
Job creation
Linguistics
Pandemics
Rural areas
rural tourism
Sustainable development
sustainable tourism
Tourism
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Summary:The research objectives presented in this paper are to assess the current state of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s rural tourism offer and to recommend a course of action for its development based on the model’s data that was gathered from subject-matter experts. In this paper, the multicriteria analysis method DEX (Decision EXpert) was utilized to assess the capacity of rural tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) and to obtain the results. All establishments were rated “very good”, seeing that they made use of the natural beauty that BIH has to offer. The outcomes of using this model were used to generate suggestions for the long-term development of rural tourism in BIH. The contribution of the employed model is in the developed starting points for the advancements of rural tourism in BIH, and the proposed model presents a novel method for evaluating a nation’s tourism potential that could be used in future studies in other tourism-related fields as well. The limitations of this paper stem from the fact that not all tourist establishments were considered due to the lack of unified records for all of these establishments. The model used in this research, on the other hand, is applicable to all tourist capacities, which is an advantage.
ISSN:2673-5768
2673-5768
DOI:10.3390/tourhosp3040059