Sustainable Development of Ethno-Villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina—A Multi Criteria Assessment
Boris Prevolšek,
Aleksandar Maksimović,
Adis Puška,
Karmen Pažek,
Maja Žibert and
Črtomir Rozman
Additional contact information
Boris Prevolšek: Faculty of Tourism, University of Maribor, Cesta Prvih Borcev 36, 8250 Brežice, Slovenia
Aleksandar Maksimović: Faculty of Ecology, Independent University of Banja Luka, Veljkа Mlаđenovićа 12e, 78000 Bаnjа Lukа, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adis Puška: Independent Researcher, 76100 Brčko, Bosnia and Hercegovina
Karmen Pažek: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia
Maja Žibert: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia
Črtomir Rozman: Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Maribor, Pivola 10, 2311 Hoče, Slovenia
Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 4, 1-18
Abstract:
This paper explores ethno-villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina as an important element of rural and cultural tourism. The attractiveness of natural and cultural heritage is very important for sustainable rural tourism development. In order to improve the process of decision making to enable the sustainable development of ethno-villages, a multi-criteria assessment model has been developed. The methodology is based on qualitative modeling using a multi-criteria analysis via the DEXi software. The model is based on hierarchical relations consisting of three main criteria that are the basis of sustainable tourism development: economic, social, and environmental criteria. The ultimate goal of the model in this study was to evaluate ethno-villages, namely six ethno-villages in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results of the study show how ethno-villages contribute to sustainable development.
Keywords: sustainable development; tourism; ethno-villages; DEXi; decision support; multi-criteria model; assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (6)
Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1399/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/4/1399/ (text/html)
Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
Export reference: BibTeX
RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan)
HTML/Text
Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2020:i:4:p:1399-:d:320445
Access Statistics for this article
Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu
More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager (indexing@mdpi.com).