TY - JOUR AU - Drašković, Bojana AU - Perović, Olga PY - 2022/03/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC AND LEGAL TREATMENT OF PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS WITH REFERENCE TO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE ENVIRONMENT JF - Economics of Agriculture JA - EA VL - 69 IS - 1 SE - Review articles DO - 10.5937/ekoPolj2201281D UR - https://www.ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/2060 SP - 281-294 AB - <p>One of the main goals of the normative approach in the field of tourism development is a sustainable concept in tourism development. In this context, it is very interesting to look at the essence of the scientific and legal treatment of protected areas and the impact of tourism on the environment. The subject of analysis in the paper in the theoretical part was the relevant conceptual framework, and a brief elaboration of the scientific approach in the study of the characteristics and significance of tourism, natural values, protected natural assets, and protected areas in Serbia. In the research part of the paper, the subject of analysis was the legal treatment of protected areas, as well as the analysis of the impact of tourism on the environment, mostly determined by the network of primary and secondary impacts of tourism activities on elements and parameters of environmental quality. The purpose is to see the importance of protection and preservation of protected areas, and the pressures that the environment suffers due to tourism development, to emphasize the importance of timely understanding and assessment of the type and scope of impact of tourist activities on destination resources.</p> ER -