Selection a development strategy of mining tourism based on the grey relational analysis

Abstract

Today, more attention is paid to development of mining tourism, which constitutes one of the important components of development of not only tourism, but also of integrated and sustainable development of the region as a whole. To select a strategy for positioning of mining tourism in the tourist map of the region, it is necessary to consider the economic importance of development the specific regions. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to propose the right approach to the choice of development strategy of mining tourism on Stara planina (Old Mountain), a tourist destination located in eastern Serbia, on its border with Bulgaria.The proposed approach for selection of strategies is based on the use the grey relational analysis. The usability and efficiency of the proposed approach is considered on the conducted numerical example.