BANJA LUKA AS THE LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL TOURISM-GEOGRAPHICAL REGION
Original Scientific Article
DOI: 10.35666/25662880.2021.7.93
UDC: 913:338.48(497.6 Banja Luka)
Abstract: Banja Luka as the leisure and recreational tourism region is rich in natural tourism potentials, where specific forms of tourism can be developed: mountain, hunting, rural, excursion-recreational, adventure, recreational-sports, fishing, speleological, ecotourism, religious, cultural, event, business, congress and transit tourism. This paper presents the main natural-geographical features of this tourism region, as well as the possibility of its valorization for the development of leisure and recreational tourism. There will be applied few different and adopted models related to tourism regionalisation, identification and valorisation of natural potentials in order to define leisure and recreative tourist sites. There are plenty of them in the region of Banja Luka and some of them are even protected areas (Kozara NP), as well as the part of UNESCO World Heritage List (Strict Nature Reserve Primeval Forest Janj).
Key words: Banja Luka tourism region, natural potentials, leisure and recreation, tourism valorization, protected areas