dc.description.abstract | National parks, which are natural areas undisturbed by human exploitation,
in addition to preserving biodiversity and scientific development, provide the
opportunity to develop tourism, recreation and use of natural resources for
the purpose of sustainable rural development of the local community. Rich
biodiversity contributes to the development of tourism in national parks, and
the ecosystem services it provides make development more sustainable. This
overview paper presents several national parks in four EU countries: France
(Cévennes), Norway (Brehamen; Rahamen), Hungary (Orseg), Spain (Galicia) and their impact on the sustainable development of rural areas in their
immediate vicinity. National parks provide the opportunities for the development of rural tourism, catering, production and sale of food. With the increase
in the number of tourists, there is a need for the construction of infrastructure,
roads and accommodation facilities in rural areas, and also to educate and
train staff from the rural community for jobs in the field of tourism. In addition to the economic importance, it is of exceptional cultural and spiritual importance because by presenting ethnic heritage to visitors, the tradition
and culture of the given area is preserved. All the mentioned factors provide
the possibility of employment, cessation of population migration from rural
areas and economic growth and development, and the experiences of these
practices from EU countries are also applicable in the Republic of Serbia. | sr |