Ethnographic Heritage as a Touristvalue of National Park Djerdap

Lately, cultural heritage has become increasingly recognized as themain forceof economic development within different regions and countries. The establishment of cultural heritage as a function of tourism promotes the development of various crafts, contributes to the employment of local population, enables the production of unique souvenirs, preparation of new gastronomic specialties, construction of hotels that are consistent with the surrounding environment, etc. Imaginative and creative use of cultural heritage is the main appealof cultural tourism in which the modern tourist represents an active participant in the events and requires immediate experience at a particular destination. Djerdap National Park, the oldest and largest national park in Serbia, has numerous elements of ethnographic heritage which can be primarily put into function of folklore tourism as a specific type of cultural tourism. In this regard, this paper provides an analysis of the customs, traditional food, beliefs, folk dance and national costumes of the residents of Djerdap as a complementary tourism value of this region.