The aim of the course is to point out the role of tourism in economic and spatial development, and the importance of tourism in the sustainable development of regional entities and systems of different territorial and social sizes.

Acquiring knowledge about instruments and techniques of integration of tourism in the general concept of development of wider regional entities, since tourism is an important factor of spatial and functional integration; Building competencies for establishing regional priorities for tourism development in Serbia; Gaining the ability to align tourism development with other economic activities.

1- Basic concepts in regional economics and economics of tourism
2- Balanced regional development debate
3- Main characteristics of tourism as an economic activity
4- Positive economic effects of tourism
5- Negative economic effects of tourism
6- System of National Accounts and Tourism Satellite Accounts
7- Tourism multiplier effect (direct, indirect and induced impacts)
8- Economic impacts of international tourism as invisible export and import (regional and national level)
9- Economic impacts of FDI in tourism (commercial profitability and national profitability)
10- Economic effects of tourism in developed countries
11- Economic effects of tourism in developing countries
12- Economic effects of tourism in Balkans
13- Economic effects of tourism in Serbia
14- Economic approach to sustainable development: weak, strong and critical sustainability
15- Kuznets curve and hypermobility in tourism (examples of energy consumption and CO₂ emissions)

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