3rd International Thematic Monograph – Modern Management Tools and Economy of Tourism Sector in Present Era

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES VIEWED FROM   THE ASPECT OF A TOURIST PRODUCT IN SERBIA – A CASE STUDY

Snežana Kirin, Senior Research Associate
Innovation Center of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, Belgrade, Serbia
Sandra Kirin, Bachelor of Economics, Faculty of Economy in Belgrade
Student, Tihomira Ostojica 2/42, Novi Sad, Serbia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2018.47

Abstract:  Tourism in Serbia is becoming an increasingly important economic sector with the potential of further development. This paper identifies the potential of the international conferences market in order to promote tourism. This paper presents a survey of the attitudes and impressions of the visitors of a major scientific conference meeting held in Belgrade this year, which was conducted by analyzing a sample of 175 respondents from different countries. The basic assumptions deal with: the difference in the tourist motives for visiting a certain destination, where on one hand we have the motives of the population of scientists and on the other, the motives of the average population of tourists; the analysis of the destination and the analysis of the satisfaction and dissatisfaction of conference attenders with particular elements of touristic offer. The obtained results were found useful as a better evaluation of the conference and to emphasize it out as a viable touristic product.
 
Keywords:  conference, importance of touristic offer, tourist satisfaction, tourist dissatisfaction

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