UTICAJ PANDEMIJE VIRUSA COVID-19 NA RAZVOJ TURIZMA NA PRIMERU BEOGRADA I NOVOG SADA

Abstract

Tourism is one of the fastest growing economic activities, which significantly influences the growth and development of the global economy. In addition to a significant impact on the economy, tourism is extremely sensitive to different types of risks. Crisis situations have a negative impact on the tourism development, and this impact has significantly intensified since the 2000s, when numerous crises occurred, such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, epidemics, etc. The pandemic of the COVID-19 virus caused a global crisis, which affected the economy and society, and especially service sector, including tourism. One of the key measures for resolving this pandemic was travel ban, which reduced the number of tourism travel. This paper analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the urban tourism development in the Republic of Serbia. Based on the analysis of the current state of tourism development in the most visited urban destinations of the Republic of Serbia and tourist traffic during the pandemic, a proposal of measures is given, which can decrease the impact of the pandemic on further tourism development in the Serbian cities.