Role of state in rural tourism develompent in Republic of Srpska

The aim of this paper is to present the role of the state in developing rural tourism in the Republic of Srpska. Rural tourism comprises all those activities in tourism which can be implemented in rural areas. Developing rural tourism cuts unemployment, facilitates valorisation of women's work in rural households, enhances the growth of local economies, which contributes to balancing the differences caused by uneven regional development. The conditio sine qua non for rural tourism development is strong strategic and financial support of the state, which is supposed to create favourable environment and promote the particular concept of development. As for the Republic of Srpska, the normative assumptions for rural tourism development were brought, but the financial support coming from the state authorities and local economies did not suffice for a more significant development of this tourism industry.