Qerim Kastrati
TOURIST-GEOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF THE MOST VALUABLE HYDROGRAPHIC TOURISTIC MOTIVES OF PROKLETIJE MOUNTAINS
DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2025.6.94
UDC: 911.3[338.48:551.44](234.42Prokletije)
The subject of research in this paper is the identification, classification and evaluation of the tourist motifs of Bjeshkët e Nemuna and their spatial distribution. In carrying out the set scientific objective of the research, the following tasks were realized: analysis of available literary and cartographic data and theoretical identification and classification of tourist motifs, field observation and collection of supplementary data and accompanying photo documentation. Several methods were used, such as: analysis and synthesis, comparative, descriptive, statistical, UNWTO method, "Interpersonal agreement" method, etc. According to the process of tourist-geographic evaluation, the hydrographic tourist motifs of Prokletije as a whole have a high average tourist value (grade 3.65), and are ranked among motifs of national tourist importance. This area offers very good conditions for the development of these forms of tourism: mass winter tourism, eco-tourism, excursion and recreational tourism, mountaineering, hunting tourism, health tourism, etc. Tourism valorization in the area of Bjeshkët e Nemuna shows that all analyzed values of hydrographic tourist motifs have national significance with high values for uniqueness, attractiveness, ambience, the possibility of using motifs for tourist purposes, etc. Based on the collected relevant facts from the available literary sources and the results of field research, the value of hydrographic tourist motives was defined, and the necessary database was established for the purpose of optimizing the tourist offer.
Keywords: touristic offer, touristic resources, hydrographic resources, natural lakes, artificial lakes, waterfalls.