Ljiljana Kontic – Faculty of Business and Law, University MB, Belgrade, Serbia
Milos Todosijevic – Ph.D. student, Kosovska Mitrovica
Jovan Kontic – MSc Economics, Novi Sad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31410/tmt.2022-2023.317
Keywords: Wellness tourism; Sustainable development; Strategy; Serbia
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