ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY TRENDS IN TOURIST MOVEMENT IN SARAJEVO CANTON WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE TOURISTS FROM EU AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Ranko Mirić, Nusret Drešković, Boris Avdić, Edin Hrelja
DOI: 10.35666/25662880.2017.3.111
UDC: 338.481.2(=4EU)(497.6SK)
Abstract: Sarajevo Canton is by far the most visited tourism region in Bosnia and Herzegovina, considering that it has a share of over one third (35,6% in 2016) of all registered tourists in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo is a leader also in the context of percentage of foreign tourists (over 85% in 2016). In the paper, certain elements of contemporary tourism movement are taken for analysis from the aspect of quantitative indicators, by method of dynamic temporal comparison. Special focus was put on tourists from EU and other European countries. For the purpose of getting valid indicators of tourist movement trends, authors applied the analytical approach based on monthly quantitative data. Papers objective is to point out temporal dimension of these elements within the taken period, through analysis of monthly values of number of tourists and nights during the five-year tracking of specific trends, as well as to determine annual tourist distribution. Besides comparison of monthly and annual data about tourist movement, the paper is peculiarly oriented toward recognition of trend related to tourists from Europe.
Key words: tourism, Sarajevo Canton, tourist movement, tourism trends