Tourism content within contemporary university education in geography in Serbia

Abstract

Tourism is multidisciplinary science whose issues are connected to a range of other disciplines. Tourism has a great influence on various aspects of social life and that is the reason why it keeps an important position in an education system. Tourism issues are integrated in many different subjects at various universities. This paper outlines the importance of tourism issues and their necessary existence in order to improve the quality of education. The research conducted over students and lecturers from four different universities has shown that the students’ opinion of tourism issues is very positive and they are very interested in those studies.