Nemanja Tomic

• PhD
• University of Novi Sad

Soils are among Earth's most vital yet slowly renewable natural resources. Chernozem stands out as the most fertile soil globally, capable of yielding high agricultural productivity, and it continues to play a significant role in modern agriculture. The Vojvodina region of Serbia is renowned for its fertile soil, including Chernozem. This study aim...

The main goal of this study is to find out if there are any differences between Grašac wines from two different locations of the Fruška Gora Mountain and to further explore why these differences (if they exist) occur. To achieve this, we selected one vineyard in Sremski Karlovci and one in Neštin where we have analyzed the topography features, soil...

Sokobanja is a well-known spa centre in East Serbia, whose popularity is mostly based on its natural heritage (thermo-mineral springs, waterfalls, canyons, caves, and pits). However, built heritage also offers significant potential for developing geotourism. This article aims to assess the geoheritage values of the geocultural site Sokograd fortres...

The objective of the study is to investigate the current state of the canyons in the northern part of Montenegro, their potential for sustainable development, which could be achieved through canyoning as an attractive tourist attraction, and to assess the area’s geotourism potential. The canyons encompassed in this research are the Nevidio Canyon,...

Terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) brought a big step forward in the research of landform processes. TLS enables detailed, precise and accurate representation of terrain and all other natural or manmade structures. For this study, the badlands with earth figures of Đavolja Varoš geosite were scanned and modelled with the help of TLS, areal photogramm...

The use of loess as a resource for paleoclimatic research is quite well established. In Serbia, a significant number of loess sequences have been preserved in old brickyards. The results of the previously conducted research indicate extremely valuable data that enable a better understanding of the mid-to late Pleistocene climatic evolution in this...

Geotourism is a rapidly growing market for tourism, and has gained huge popularity worldwide. Zaječar district is located in Eastern Serbia, and this area is famous for many attractive geotourism features that seek to be presented to the global tourism market. This article aims to present geotourist typology models based on their motivation and tra...

n this study we present an in-depth description of the colorimetric values for the lowest section of the Dukatar Loess Palaeosol Sequence (LPS) pedocomplex S5. Formed during the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 13-15, it represents the oldest pedocomplex exposed at the base of the Titel loess plateau (TLP), near the confluence of the Tisa and Danube rive...

The promotion of fortified towns, as Serbia’s significant cultural heritage, represents a major element of tourism development. The main goals of this paper are to highlight the tourism potential of fortifications in Serbia and to investigate the prospect of creating a cultural route of fortified towns. The route is comprised of six fortresses. Thi...

Typical patterns of the Late Pleistocene loess–paleosol units are preserved in the Novo Orahovo brickyard, Northern Serbia. Presented preliminary luminescence chronology supports the chronostratigraphic interpretations of global isotopic marine climate reconstructions. Magnetic susceptibility and sedimentological evidence exhibit general similariti...

The global trend of increasing urbanization and motorization represents a major obstacle in the sustainable development and planning of cities. This trend did not bypass the city of Novi Sad (Serbia), which, despite good cultural and historical preconditions for the development of sustainable forms of transport, did not resist the sudden increase i...

This paper explores the current state and the perspectives of sustainable Cave Tourism development of show caves in Serbia. The results of the research were determined through the application of the newly developed methodology—Show Cave Assessment Model (SCAM). The obtained results of the research indicate shortcomings in terms of the protection of...

The main goal of this study is to emphasise the geotourism potential and the values of geoethics as drivers of rural development in the territory of the Knjaževac municipality, which is one of the richest areas in Serbia in terms of geoheritage. Numerous objects of geomorphological and hydrological heritage stand out in an area of 1,202 km2. Despit...

Cave tourism is a very important aspect of the global tourist market, because in some parts of the world, it has been an active form of economic affirmation for decades. Precisely because of the need to improve and modernize the strategic management of this form of tourism, it is necessary to understand the needs of tourists who visit show caves, t...

The use of loess as an indicator for paleoclimatic research is quite well established. In Požarevac (northeastern Serbia), loess sequences have been preserved in old brickyards. The results of the previously conducted research indicate extremely valuable data that enable a better understanding of the mid to late Pleistocene climatic evolution in th...

The aim of this paper is to perform a tourist assessment of the representative speleoarchaeological geoheritage in Serbia for the purposes of establishing new cave tourism destinations in Serbia. Seven caves have been selected based on their speleoarcheological values. However, only two of them are currently available for visiting. The research res...

The main goal of this study is to explore the motivation and constraints among domestic geotourists in Serbia. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 303 respondents from Serbia who have visited geosites within the Middle and Lower Danube region in Serbia during the past three years. The initial results were obtained through an exploratory fac...

Mt. Stara Planina is located in the eastern part of the Republic of Serbia and represents the westernmost part of the large mountain massif of the Balkans. Both endogenous and exogenous forces created interesting geomorphological and hydrological features for geotourism development in this area. This article proposes a preliminary list of geomorpho...

The aim of this paper is to present the current state and wine tourism potential in the Republic of Srpska with the primary focus on its wineries and their activities towards attracting wine tourists from all over the world. To achieve this, a survey was conducted among 37 wineries in the Republic of Srpska. The first part of the questionnaire incl...

The aim of this research is to explore the current state and potential of Tribuća, Rača and Beli Rzav canyons for their further development as canyoning geotourism destinations in Western Serbia. This was done by applying the modified geosite assessment model (M-GAM) on the three analyzed canyons with special focus on values of importance for canyo...

This paper analyzes the karst landscape of Southeastern Serbia, Mount Kalafat. The evaluation of five representative caves was performed using M-GAM (modified geosite assessment model) and the perspectives and potentials of karst-based geotourism were presented, through speleology, paleoclimate, and archaeology. Moreover, a unique proposal was pres...

The turbulent geological past of the southeastern part of Serbia, along with the influence of the Nišava River, has created a rich and complex geodiversity. However, the geotourism potential of this area remains fully unrevealed. This paper proposes an inventory of geosites in the Niš City area (southeast Serbia) and analyses them to reveal which g...

Halomorphic (or saline) soils, are characterized by high concentrations of soluble salts or sodium, or both. Saline soils have unfavorable agricultural properties but provide the natural habitats for a variety of highly specialized plants, animals, and other organisms. It is these special interactions that create the typical landscape of saline soi...

Interpretation of paleontological heritage of mammoths is an important factor for the development of tourism in Serbia. Most fossil remains of mammoths are found in a unique geological environment, indicating the significant tourist value of these sites. The principal aim of this paper is to emphasize the tourism potential and geoconservation value...

Compared to other parts of the country, the region of Central Iran still remains mainly outside of major tourism flows even though there are significant geosites with great value for geotourism development. Two of those sites, the Shadow Canyon and the Canyon of Jinns, have excellent qualities for the development of this form of tourism in the futu...

Show caves and speleotourism can have a major impact on the tourism industry as well as the local and regional economic development. Promotion is a crucial aspect of generating plans and strategies for tourist caves. In the case of speleotourism, promotion needs to be professional, attractive and continuous because caves are often considered to be...

Caves, gorges, canyons, waterfalls and other karst geoheritage sites have been the focus of many tourists who visit Serbia. Caves have been visited and explored by numerous school excursions and scientific expeditions. Thus speleotourism in Serbia possesses great potential for local and regional economic empow-erment. Moreover, analyzing the influe...

The region of Carpathian Serbia is much dominated by karst terrain with numerous geological and geomorphological features, especially caves and natural stone bridges, potentially significant for geotourism development. The geotourism potential of these sites is still largely untapped. In this paper, we analyze several natural stone bridges that pos...

The interaction between speleology and tourism has been active in science and society for a very long time. In many countries, tourist caves shape the economic situation at the local and regional level. This shows their value for the development of local communities and for scientific research and promotion of science. Caves represent the indicator...

The principal aim of this paper is to establish a Spa Assessment Model (SAM) to help assess the current use and tourism potential of spas as tourism products as well as for determining spa visitor preferences. This was achieved through the inclusion of tourism experts who assisted in choosing the subindicators for the model and with the help of vis...

The very turbulent geological past of the Danube region in Serbia, coupled with the influence of the Danube River, has created a rich and complex geodiversity. However, the geotourism potential of this region still remains fully undiscovered. In this paper we proposed an inventory of geosites in the Danube region of Serbia and analyzed them in orde...

The region of Central Serbia is not considered a typical karst region, however one cave near the city of Aranđelovac holds very authentic and diverse speleotourism potential. Risovača cave represents a unique speleological geosite because it possesses additional archaeological and palaentological heritage which complements the existing speleotouris...

Landslides are one of the natural hazards that occur frequently in Serbia, causing huge loss of property every year, especially after heavy rainfall events. Due to the geological condition, rapid development activities and other inherent natural conditions, the Ljig municipality has been exposed to landslide hazards. Therefore, the present study co...

Ice Ages (IA) and their glacial periods can be regarded as significant natural hazards (NH). Unfortunately, the knowledge of hominid evolution that occurred during IAs, in such extreme climatic fluctuations, is preserved almost exclusively in mythology. The omission of more scientific discourse regarding the history of NH during IAs should be recti...

Karst areas, as areas with attractive geological and geomorphological features are an important and integral part of geoheritage. They possess huge tourism potential and can be used for the development of geotourism. The Pek River basin is a highly dominant karst terrain with numerous geological and ge-omorphological features, especially caves. How...

The vertical and horizontal contamination profile of the loess sediments located in the vicinity of the highway Novi Sad-Belgrade, with the intense frequency of vehicles, has been assessed. The heavy metal content (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) and hydrocarbon content were determined for the samples collected from two loess profiles in br...

Karst areas, as areas with attractive geological and geomorphological features that represent karst processes, are an important and integral part of geoheritage. They possess huge tourism potential and can be used for the development of geotourism. Typical karst features such as caves, springs and karst pits are widely present throughout entire Eas...

Slovenia is considered as the cradle of karst geotourism as cave tourism started there as early as the Middle Ages. To date more than 12,000 caves were discovered from which 22 have the status of tourist caves. From these, 10 were assessed using the M-GAM model (Modified Geosite Assessment Model) to gain information for better future management str...

The correlation of loess sequences across global, hemispheric, regional and local scales is one of the most fundamental aspects to loess research. However, despite recent progress in stratigraphic and chronometric methods, the correlation of many loess sequences is often still based on untested assumptions over loess deposition, preservation, soil...

The region of Eastern Serbia is a highly dominant karst terrain with numerous geological and geomorphological features, especially caves. The speleotourism potential of these caves and other geosites still remains fully unrevealed. In this paper, we analyzed several caves with immense geotourism potential. These caves include Ceremošnja Cave, Ravni...

The region of Homolje in Eastern Serbia represents an area rich with numerous geological and geomorphological features, especially karst formations which are excellent representatives of this area's geodiversity. However, the geotourism potential of these geosites still remains fully unrevealed. In this paper we analyzed the most representative one...

The Danube region in Serbia is home to numerous geological and geomorphological features as well as paleonthological remains of mammoths and other animals that testify to the long and vivid history of this area. Besides these attractions, this region contains valuable cultural heritage dating back to prehistoric times as well as the remains from th...

The Tri Morave wine region is the largest wine growing region in Serbia with nine vineyard regions and a total surface area of 286,929.90 ha. It includes the areas around three big rivers in Central Serbia; the wide lower basin of the Zapadna Morava River, the lower basin of the Južna Morava River and the wider upper basin of the Velika Morava Rive...

The principal aim of this study was to develop an analytical scale for domestic tourism motivations and constraints for visiting complex destinations with multiple offerings, containing both cultural and natural assets. A survey was conducted among 454 respondents from Serbia who have experienced multi-attraction destinations in the Lower and Middl...

Serbia represents one of those countries which have not yet differentiated themselves on the world tourism map. However, it has an immense but still unrevealed potential for geotourism development. In this paper we analyzed several remarkable canyons and gorges of great scientific importance and geotourism potential. These sites include the Djerdap...

Jovan Cvijić is the best known Serbian geomorphologist. In spite of the fact that his main studies were published almost one century ago many of his scientific ideas are still valid. In this study we evaluate Cvijić’s idea about reasons for reverse fluvial morphology of the Ibar river catchment published in his monumental second book on geomorpholo...

Bela Crkva municipality is located in the northeastern part of Serbia, in the southeast of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. This Municipality has a high concentration of geosites which are of a great importance, and providing a good basis for the geotourism developement in this area. This paper proposes an inventory of geosites in the Bela Crk...

This paper is dedicated to the palaeontological and geoheritage potential and conservation values of recently discovered mammoth fossils in the Drmno open-cast mine area. These palaeontological resources provide an excellent basis for the establishment of the first ever palaeontological park in Serbia. In addition, the paper also proposes possible...

Hail suppression activity in Serbia is being carried out for almost half a century. Also, many countries have fostered this activity in the past. Eventually it turned out that hail suppression is not scientifically based. After this discovery most countries gave up on these activities and abandoned them completely. On the contrary, less than a deca...

Hail suppression activity in Serbia is being carried out for almost half a century. Also, many countries have fostered this activity in the past. Eventually it turned out that hail suppression is not scientifically based. After this discovery most countries gave up on these activities and abandoned them completely. On the contrary, less than a deca...

The main goal of this study is to explore factors which influence city destination choice among young people in Serbia. In order to achieve this we conducted a survey consisting of 20 different items influencing the choice of city destination. Afterwards the principal component exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was carried out in order to extract f...

The Bela Crkva municipality has a high concentration of geosites which are of great scientific, educational, aesthetic and touristic importance. These values are the result of a complex geological structure and geomorphological processes that took place in this area, during the Earth's history. The main goal of this paper is to present the possibil...

The aim of this paper is to present a modified version of GAM (M-GAM) which should show that the results gained by using this version are more accurate and realistic. The modification is based on the inclusion of tourists and their opinion regarding the importance of indicators in the assessment process. The assessment was done by using both versio...

A Quaternary site at Drmno (comprising of Middle and Late Pleistocene loess–palaeosol sequences) near Kostolac, northeast Serbia, attracted attention from the general public and scientists, when several steppe mammoth and other mammal skeletons from Middle Pleistocene fluvial deposits were discovered in 2009 and 2012. This paper presents the combin...

The Carpathian Basin contains some of the best preserved loess deposits in Europe, including some of the continent's longest and best resolved climate records. Large areas of the basin have been intensively investigated in recent years, although deposits in the east remain largely unstudied, despite considerable regional variation in climate record...

a b s t r a c t A Quaternary site at Drmno (comprising of Middle and Late Pleistocene loessepalaeosol sequences) near Kostolac, northeast Serbia, attracted attention from the general public and scientists, when several steppe mammoth and other mammal skeletons from Middle Pleistocene fluvial deposits were discovered in 2009 and 2012. This paper pre...

The popularity of cultural routes in Europe and their positive effects on the tourist industry, together with a desire to create the opportunity for the rich Roman heritage preserved in Serbia to regain its former glory, triggered the idea of the cultural route " The trail of Roman emperors ". The principle aim of this paper is to examine the famil...

Serbia is a country with rich geodiversity including approximately 650 geological, paleontological, geomorphological, speleological and neotectonic sites. Among numerous geoheritage sites in Serbia there are several remarkable canyons with great scientific importance and immense geotourism potential such as the Lazar River Canyon and The Uvac River...

The goal of this paper is to present and analyze the spatial plan of special purpose for the Golija Nature Park from the aspect of sustainable tourism development. The paper also gives an overview of the existing spatial plan with reference to its drawbacks and also proposes some solutions regarding the use, protection and management of the Nature...

The goal of this paper is to present hurricane Katrina in all its stages, from the beginning to the end and to highlight the economic, environmental and social consequences that occurred in the hurricane aftermath with a focus on the tourism industry. This paper also briefly explains the basic mechanism of tropical cyclones and hurricanes and their...

The goal of this paper is the tourist evaluation of the “Summer3p” festival in order to show the current state of the festival, level of development, as well as its cultural values and promotional activities. The possible directions for the further development of the festival, as well as proposals for more successful promotional activities are also...

Exploitation of geothermal energy in Vojvodina is still at an unjustly low level taking into account the abundance of resource locations, some of which are ranked among the most affluent in Europe. Moreover, develo pment of geothermal exploitation started in Serbia at about the same time as in other countries whose geothermal energy facilities are...

There is a very small number of Serbs in Dalmatia today. The wars which took place in this area influenced their emigration, mostly to Serbia. They brought along their customs and culture which are slowly being forgotten by their descendants under the influence of modern values. This paper should provide the reader with a glimpse of the most signif...

The tourism industry is a great potential for the development of Serbia. The main characteristics of the existing and potential tourist offer of Serbia are interesting and diverse natural resources and cultural and historical heritage. Felix Romuliana, established palace of the Roman emperor Galerius, is located in the valley of the Black Timok, ne...

The aim of this paper is to present the Lazar’s Canyon area as a potential geotourism destination. The region of eastern Serbia, where this canyon is located, has the highest concentration of geosites in the country. This makes the Lazar’s Canyon area a good candidate for becoming a Geopark in the future. Despite it’s rich geodiversity, this region...