Mountain Tourism in Macedonia: Assessment of the National Park “Pelister”

Dimitrov, Nikola; Markoski, Blagoja; Petrevska, Biljana; Koteski, Cane

doi:10.18509/gbp.2017.30

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“…The overall conclusion is presented in the last section. Furthermore, the study contributes to the literature review on rural tourism in North Macedonia, in addition to some previous findings [4], [5], [25][26][27].…”

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Tourism Potential of Neglected Small Rural Areas

Petrevska¹,

Dimitrov²

2020

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Rural areas, particularly small villages, often provide interesting and almost forgotten aspects for own and regional development. On the other side, they struggle with many negative profound impacts in terms of depopulation, aging and migration, along with economic depression and poor agricultural activity, causing inevitable change on their further development. This study illustrates three villages in the Vardar region of North Macedonia (Nežilovo, Oreše and Papradište) being identified as particularly vulnerable to already noted processes. Based on a first-hand experience and data collected from a field research, the sampled villages are evaluated as locations with high tourism potential. Upon a rapid assessment, it was found that selected rural areas may find compatible and prospective economic activity that may encourage diversification of rural activities. In this line, the paper suggests that rural tourism may boost the local economy and prevent rural areas to be neglected. It is concluded that rural tourism should be considered as a long-term solution for preventing further abandonment and to encourage the vitality of sparsely populated rural areas.

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Tourism Potential of Neglected Small Rural Areas

Petrevska¹,

Dimitrov²

2020

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“…Furthermore, to get a picture of the tourism supply related to the hiking trails, the maps are complemented with data on accommodation infrastructure in terms of mountain dormitories. For this purpose, the available data are analyzed based on [4] Dimitrov et al The compilation of both types of data allows to conduct the research. The evaluation is presented in graphical form by production of four maps which enable to visualize the results in a way that makes it possible to see the different flows.…”

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“…It has seven active ski centers with 42 ski-elevators, offers possibilities for active mountaineering due to dormitories, hotels and guest houses, and it has pleasant tracks for mount-biking, paragliding, etc. On the other hand, the current conditions for developing mountain tourism in Macedonia are generally poor due to severe infrastructural problems [4]. The objective of this study is to present some stylized facts and make analysis of the current hiking trails in Macedonia, thus making an effort to explore possibilities for developing new tourism product that may enhance tourism development in the country.…”

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Hiking Trails in Macedonia: Assessing Potentials for Tourism Development

Petrevska¹,

Dimitrov²

2018

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The primary objective of this study is to make analysis of the current hiking trails in Macedonia, even though following the experiential approach, light will be shed on the possibilities for developing new tourism product that may enhance tourism development in the country. Macedonia represents a suitable testing ground for such investigation having in mind that so far, more than one hundred hiking trails are identified within the draft national network of the hiking trails. Furthermore, the research combines the current hiking trails and mountain dormitories in order to try to conceptualize them as a system that may be covered with tourism patterns. The analysis is based on a qualitative research method, mainly by exploring secondary sources of information. The findings indicate an option for reshaping the current network of national trails due to additional great number of newly identified trails. Furthermore, it was found that out of forty mountain dormitories, only seven may somehow serve in tourism purposes. The most surprising is the conclusion that among large portion of hiking trails no usable dormitory is present, which challenges construction of new or complete restauration of the old ones. Besides official documents and some isolated positive examples of private initiatives which pose some insights, no academic studies have so far been carried out on this issue. Therefore, this research contributes to the literature as a pioneer study in Macedonia's academic work, along with its practical significance. Namely, it suggests many recommendations towards the necessity of inducing more proactive attitude among tourism policy makers for designing new tourism product as an important component of tourism supply.

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Economic Development and Mountain Tourism Research from 2010 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis and Science Mapping Approach

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Jotikasthira

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Due to hectic city lives and the growing health concerns in light of the global pandemic, mountain tourism has become increasingly popular worldwide, which has increased the related research. Based on traditional bibliometric laws, such as those authored by Price, Bradford, Lotka, and Zipf, this study acquired 1413 mountain tourism journal articles via bibliometric analysis and identified the most influential journal articles, researchers, and countries in mountain tourism research as indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) database during 2010–2020. The keyword analysis revealed mountain tourism’s emerging research topics, including climate change, sustainable development, sustainability, sustainable tourism, protected areas, rural tourism, and conservation. The most influential journal was Sustainability in the mountain tourism. The research results showed that China, the U.S., and Romania produced the most significant mountain tourism articles indexed in the WoS. Most developed countries in Europe had the highest average and average normalized citations, which indicated that they may have more influence in this field as compared to other countries. Some developing countries, such as India, Nepal, and China, had higher citations, average citations, and/or average normalized citations than other countries. The main research trend was the sustainable development aspect of mountain-based tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. We identified the research gap in WoS; although there is some research shedding light on tourism via bibliometrics, mountain tourism bibliometric analysis and science mapping via VOSViewer is scarce. The paper summarizes the critical aspects of the current discussion of sustainable mountain tourism, such as transport and coopetition (i.e., combing with cooperation and competition) in mountain tourism areas. The results indicated that government agencies and destination managers need to strike a balance between sustainable mountain tourism development and environment and natural landscape conservation after COVID-19.

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Mountain Tourism in Macedonia: Assessment of the National Park “Pelister”

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Tourism Potential of Neglected Small Rural Areas

Tourism Potential of Neglected Small Rural Areas

Hiking Trails in Macedonia: Assessing Potentials for Tourism Development

Economic Development and Mountain Tourism Research from 2010 to 2020: Bibliometric Analysis and Science Mapping Approach

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