THE CORRELATION BETWEEN SPATIAL PLANNING AND SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Amina Sivac, Aida Korjenić, Ševkija Okerić, Amra Banda
DOI: 10.35666/25662880.2016.2.262
UDC: 338.484[502.131.1:711.1](497.6)
Abstract: Spatial planning is an important concept for identifying the benefits of the tourism for tourist destinations, but also for environment and local communities. Even though that spatial planning and tourism are often perceived as two separate concepts, they are in fact, greatly interrelated. Natural resources, social infrastructure, population and its activities form the basis of spatial planning so they are inseparable from tourism. Tourism infrastructure and activities take place in a certain localities, so they have a spatial character, therefore tourism planning must be integrated in the spatial planning process at all levels. On the other hand, tourism is often perceived as a primary income generator for the members of local community in many countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina in the last few years. This paper analyses the role and importance of spatial planning for the development of sustainable tourism concept. Bosnian legislation system regarding spatial planning and tourism should be improved in general, but especially in terms of sustainability. For this reason, a model for sustainable tourism development in Bosnia and Herzegovina is proposed. The aim of the article is to determine how to integrate spatial planning to sustainable tourism development and to decide the possible pathways within sustainable tourism development. The model considers all levels, from national to local. This model could be used to deal with all aspects of planning, such as policies, strategies, spatial decisions, building structuring, density, tourist site planning and design of tourists' objects and infrastructure.
Key words: spatial planning, tourism planning, sustainable development, tourism, Bosnia and Herzegovina