ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Prioritization of Strategies for Development
of Ecotourism by Means of Ahp-Swot
on the Example of Kopaonik, Serbia
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Faculty of Geography, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 3/3, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Faculty of Management Zaječar, Park šuma kraljevića bb, 19 000 Zaječar, Serbia
Submission date: 2021-02-05
Final revision date: 2021-03-30
Acceptance date: 2021-04-12
Online publication date: 2021-09-20
Publication date: 2021-10-01
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):4933-4943
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A new trend has appeared in the last year in the sector of tourism-ecotourism as a response to
the excessive use and exploitation of unrenewable natural resources. Simultaneously with this process,
it is necessary to make strategies that would contribute to development in the best possible way.
A combination of methods of multicriteria analysis (analytical hierarchical process (AHP) and SWOT
analysis) has been used in this study in order to set prioritization of strategies. The main criteria on
the basis of which valorisation has been done are: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Elements of SWOT have been ranked into, by means of using the AHP method, and their relative weight
has been determined. For check-up of weight coefficients by AHP method, degree of consistency of
matrix has been used (CR). The procedure is previously described in detail, and later an example has
been given for Kopaonik, the national park in Serbia.