The Dragačevo Trumpet Festival (DTF) in Guča (the Republic of Serbia) is a unique competition of folk brass bands in the world and one of the most important events of overall national creativity and cultural amateurism in Serbia. The article delivers the results of a questionnaire research conducted during the 50th anniversary of the DTF in Guča in August 2010. The results were based on 300 questionnaires. There are two purposes of the research: to identify the underlying dimensions of motivation for visitors attending ethno music festivals, using a factor analysis, and to explore the differences between attitudes of the respondents of different gender and age structure. The factor analysis generated four factors: Festival Perception and learning, Exploration of Festival Program and Atmosphere, Psychophysical Welfare, and Socialization. The respondents rated the factor Exploration of Festival Program and Atmosphere the highest, followed by Festival Perception and learning, Psychophysical Welfare, and Socialization. The results of the t test showed that female respondents rated Psychophysical Welfare and Socialization significantly higher compared to male respondents. Analysis of variance tests demonstrated statistically different respondents' ratings of extracted factors with regard to age group of the respondents.

Festivals have become the most widely spread type of modern special events as well as the fastest growing tourist attractions. For the past eight (nine in July 2008) years Novi Sad has been hosting one of the largest, or even the largest international event in Serbia, which attracts over 200,000 visitors, half of which are foreign visitors. Music festival EXIT, takes place at the Petrovaradin Fortress, a spatial and cultural entity, which is also among cultural assets of the highest importance. The Petrovaradin Fortress becomes the centre of youth, culture and art during the festival.Every year EXIT festival turns the Fortress into the central spot of cultural tourism in Serbia, as well as the point where different cultures meet and new friendships are born.

In order to make recommendations for the diversification of tourism products on the Thai island of Phuket, this paper applies the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method to rank the attractiveness of six cultural heritage sites in the island of Phuket to make recommendations for sites that could be incorporated in to cultural tourism development in the region. In addition, it applies a quantitative-qualitative evaluation structure with weighted criteria, based on local expert opinion. The research identified which of the many potential cultural tourism sites would be the most attractive to tourists and shows the utility of the AHP method, combined with quantitative-qualitative evaluation, for decision making in tourism destination development contexts.

Industrial heritage represents a specific type of heritage provided by human societes which emerged as a product of industrialization when certain objects were abandoned. Environmentalists and people employed in the tourism industry implement the idea of revitalization on this locations and give new functions to abandoned factories, which is crucial for their later development. There are many industrial zones where tourism can be promoted as a useful instrument of regional restructuring and economic development. Thus, the transformation of industrial heritage in the Rhur area (Germany) is presented in this study, where significant structural changes occurred due to the decline of the mining and metallurgical industry. Key sites used as an example of this transformation of industrial heritage into tourist attractions are located in the central part of the Ruhr area, stretching across the Emscher park. The development effects (environmental, economic, socio-cultural) of industrial heritage tourism and their implementation through certain recultivation procedures within the Ruhr area are also discussed in the paper. All this stand as a good example of sustainable development, where tourism served as an instrument of revitalization and conservation of industrial heritage. This positive approach and experience from Germany could be applied to similar areas and regions across European continent.

Abstractis research examined the residents' pro le, attitudes, and perception towards tourism development based on 176 respondents interviewed. Residents' attitudes toward tourism were measured by adapting 24 items from the Tourism Impact Attitude Scale developed by Lankford and Howard (1994). is study aimed at identifying the relationships between residents' socio-economic and demographic attributes and their attitudes toward tourism by focusing on villages where tourism is in the development stage.