Regional Products With the Protection of Origin in Serbia Tourism Offer

Abstract

The product protection system has been created in order to keeping up with the development of tourism and the need to offer and highlight unique agricultural, food, and gastronomic products. In this way, trademarks have positive effects on users of services or products, creating a clear picture of specific, authentic characteristics of food and beverages. Their constant production and sales have a positive impact on the economic development of the country - the region from which the products come. The paper has the task to showcase protected products by regions that can favorably affect the economic growth through sales and supply within catering and tourism facilities. This paper aims to consider the number, types, and characteristics of these products within the region, as important part of the gastronomic offer, tourist and economic development of the country. The research was conducted on the basis of appropriate documentation of data available to the Institute for the Intellectual Property of the Serbia. Based on the conducted research, it was concluded that in the territory of the Serbia, the region with the largest number of protected products is Vojvodina, while Šumadija is the region with the smallest number of protected products.

Analyses of the Attitudes of Agricultural Holdings on the Development of Agritourism and the Impacts on the Economy, Society and Environment of Serbia

“…For two decades, traditional food products and agritourism have been available as diversification options as a part of rural policy development [42]. The differences of the region in the production of traditional agricultural products, food products, and gastronomic products are reflected in the fact that their preparation, production, and placement are of interest to foreign tourists [43] and the development of agritourism. Adequate use of local resources and products, and proper combination of agriculture and tourism as ancillary activities, can take advantage of high profitability, which provides additional income, especially in rural areas and in areas that have prerequisites for agritourism activities [44,45].…”