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Tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors and a significant wealth generator in contemporary conditions. However, along with tourism growth, its negative sides emerge, such as overtourism and inadequate management of natural and cultural resources, which can lead to their devastation. That is why the concept of sustainable tourism is essential in order to preserve all the resources and attractiveness of tourism destinations for future generations. The subject of the paper is the analysis of travel and tourism sustainability in the Balkan countries. The results of the research pointed to critical dimensions of the tourism sustainability in the Balkan countries that require improvement, but also made it possible to single out countries where it is especially necessary to make efforts to ensure more sustainable tourism development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a particularly severe blow to the tourism industry. The introduced movement restrictions resulted in an unprecedented drop in tourist movements, causing economic loss and unemployment in this sector. However, not all tourism segments suffered equal effects. Namely, adventure tourism, as a type of tourism that takes place in the natural environment and most often in small groups, experienced growth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it is expected that in the post-pandemic period, its growth will be even higher. In that sense, the aim of this paper is to emphasize the natural potentials of the Republic of Serbia as adventure tourism destination. The results of the qualitative analysis have shown that the Republic of Serbia has abundant natural resources for, yet insufficiently developed, adventure tourism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]