Vol.2, No 3, 2001 pp. 209-217
UDC 728.6(045)

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TOURIST POTENTIALS OF RURAL REGIONS
IN THE AREA OF NIŠ
Milena Dinić, Nikola Cekić
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Niš,
Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, Niš, Serbia and Montenegro

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Abstract. The issue discussed in this paper deals with the possibilities in organizing tourist capacities of rural regions in the area of Niš. This issue is both up to date and complex for it is being considered in a time when tourism has the ability to become an evident economic potential, as well as an opportunity to reduce rural underdevelopment and improve the quality of life. Therefore, we are facing a possible small rurban revolution, a process in which the contours of rural restoration on European models are coming in sight.
During that powerful intertwining we might face a real spatial constructive and cultural drama, a kind of social cohesion, a very interesting collision with urban tissue, that started to demonstrate  its deterioration a long time ago, as well as its cracking at all joints. In my opinion, we have not been paying enough attention to the village, and today we stand at a great turning point in history and building.

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TURISTIČKE MOGUĆNOSTI SELA NA PODRUČJU NIŠA U ovom radu otvaraju se pitanja mogućnosti organizovanja turističkih kapaciteta u selima na području grada Niša. Pitanje je istovremeno aktuelno i složeno jer se otvara u trenutku kada turizam u ovim prostorima može postati evidentan privredni potencijal i prilika da se zaostatak sela u razvoju umanji a kvalitet življenja ljudi poboljša. Dakle mi smo pred mogućom malom rurbanom revolucijom, pred procesom u kome se naziru obrisi obnove sela na evropskim modelima.
U tom snažnom prepletu nama se može desiti prava prostorna graditeljska ali i kulturološka drama, neka vrsta socijalne kohezije, vrlo interesantno sudaranje sa urbanim tkivom koje je poodavno počelo signalizovati njegovo popuštanje, a i pucanje po mnogim šavovima. Pri utisku smo da se selom nismo dovoljno ozbiljno bavili i da se danas nalazimo na velikoj, istorijskoj, graditeljskoj prekretnici.