Author(s):
1. Nikola Bošković, Lithuania
2. Svetislav Milenković, Ekonomski fakultet Univerziteta u Kragujevac, Serbia

Abstract:
The rapid creation of a new global economy, and thus the whole world tourism gives rise to a rapid conversion of certain forms of management of rural tourism destinations on yesterday's New into Old in the present age. For these reasons, the aim of this paper is to show how these new challenges reflect its application to the management of these destinations in Serbia. Therefore, the paper builds upon the following hypotheses: - If the rural tourism inspiring framework for a tourist destination, then management must be at the same time very flexible and exceedingly stable, and - If the management of tourist destinations become a necessity in modern development, rural destination then Serbia must fulfill all of the hard and soft elements that could become recognizable. Expected results of the work show incorporating scientific-methodological and practical co-existence of modern and contemporary management of rural tourism destinations.

Key words:
management, tourism destination, rural, modern, development

Date of abstract submission:
14.09.2013.

Conference:
REDETE 2014 - Researching Economic Development and Entrepreneurship in Transition Economies