GASTRONOMIC TOURISM IN THE CENTRAL BOSNIA REGION
Amra Banda, Aida Korjenić, Aida Avdić
DOI: 10.35666/25662880.2020.6.07
UDC:338.48-6:641(497.6)
Abstract: The attractiveness of food, especially national, is one of the predispositions for developing certain forms of tourism: rural, ecotourism, gastronomic and enogastronomic tourism whose focus is food that is healthy and organic. Although food is not a basic tourist motive for many tourists, there is an increasing trend of manifestation tourism and food festivals, where gastronomy is the central or accompanying motive.Valorisation of gastronomic tourism in the Central Bosnia region is at a very modest level. There is no significant interest in the development of this form of tourism in the region by tourism organizations, but also by local and cantonal authorities. First of all, there are no systemic incentives for the population to develop gastronomic tourism in rural households and for the presentation of traditional products to visitors. Also, there is no interest of the professionals in the field of tourism and cuisine arts for developing strategies and modules for improving the gastronomic supply.The Central Bosnia region has great potential for organic production because of its unpolluted land, climate and numerous agricultural producers, and traditional farming has led to final products that can represent national, regional and international brands.The main goal of this paper is to identify the leading gastronomic potential that the research area has and to point out the necessity of putting them into the function of developing certain aspects of tourism.
Keywords: gastronomy, tourism, Central Bosnia region, Bosnia and Herzegovina