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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]

Spa tourism refers to all travels that are organized for the purpose of treatments based on natural healing resources (thermo-mineral springs, mud, radioactive sand, climate) carried out under medical supervision. Globalization and the development of modern society have led to changes in spa tourism, shifting from traditional tourist activities to modern and complex health and recreational activities. The aim of this paper is twofold. Firstly, to analyze contemporary trends in spa tourists' motives and, secondly, to perform a comparative analysis of the projected and realized development of spa tourism in the Republic of Serbia by examining the data on the number of tourist overnight stays and occupancy of accommodation facilities in spas and climatic health resorts. By applying descriptive and comparative scientific methods, it was concluded that contemporary trends in spa visitors' motives have caused a wider tourist offer of the spas and that there is a significant lag of realized development in relation to the projected development of spa tourism in the Republic of Serbia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unemployment is one of the key macroeconomic problems facing the economy of the Republic of Serbia. Since it has direct negative implications on the quality of life and the average living standard of the population, minimizing the unemployment problem is one of the most important tasks of the modern era. The aim of the paper is to examine the role and significance of the tourist activity in reducing the unemployment problem in the Republic of Serbia. The research concluded that despite the achieved growth and development, tourism activity still relatively modestly contributes to the total employment and activity of the national economy. However, if the trend of growth in the contribution of tourism activity to the formation of gross domestic product and employment continues, it is expected that in the near future this activity deserves to be claimed as the generator of employment in the Republic of Serbia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]