Montenegro's road to sustainable tourism growth and innovation

Cerović, Julija (author), Janketić, Sanja (author), Jaćimović, Danijela (author), Bučar, Maja (author), Stare, Metka (author)

Tourism is the most important export sector in Montenegro, with a share of 22% of the total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and a strong tendency toward growth. Tourism revenues contribute substantially to both the current account balance and employment. However, the current level of the tourist sector suffers from serious limitations. The switch from the current approach to tourism in Montenegro to a more sustainable tourism is only possible by becoming more innovative. Highlighting the importance of innovation in all its forms has been the motivation for our research. The application of the organizational, marketing, and design innovations of the Montenegrin tourism industry actors was examined in a survey, based on the Community Innovation Survey (CIS), with some necessary adaptations. The sample covered more than 70% of available tourism actors. The authors also analysed the experience from Slovenia, in particular the Slovenian example of the Bank of Tourism Potentials, finding this innovation potentially suitable for transfer to Montenegro. Based on the survey and analysis, the team designed certain recommendations for policy action that can be used as guidelines for policy makers.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sustainable tourism growth, Montenegro, non-technological innovation, Slovenia, policy recommendations, sustainable development, innovation
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2018
• Number of pages: 20 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 10, iss 12, art. 4687
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132001
• UDC: 501.131.1(497.16)
• ISSN on article: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su10124687
• COBISS.SI-ID: 35956061
• Publication date in RUL: 08.10.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sustainability
• Shortened title: Sustainability
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 10.12.2018

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: turizem, rast, trajnostni razvoj, inovacije, Črna gora