<p>Disertacija Turističke vrednosti Topličkog kraja obuhvata osnove razvoja turizma na prostoru od 2230 km2, na kome živi oko 110000 stanovnika i koji je prirodno i kulturno-istorijski veoma specifičan. U banjskom turizmu ima dugu tradiciju. Savremeno stanje turizma nije zadovoljavajuće. Toplički kraj u pro&scaron;losti je bio na udaru raznih osvajača i za posledicu ima vekovna iseljavanja, malu gustinu naseljenosti i nedovoljnu razvijenost ne samo turizma već i ostalih privrednih delatnosti. Osnovno opredeljenje za razvoj turizma u Topličkom kraju zasniva se na prirodnim i antropogenim vrednostima koje nisu dovoljno iskori&scaron;ćene. Okosnicu razvoja turizma Topličkog kraja predstavlja Prolom banja koja po ostvarenom prometu spada u red vodećih banja u Srbiji.</p> / <p>The abstract has been processed with OCR optical text recognition technology:</p><p>The dissertation &ldquo;tourist values of Toplica region &lsquo; includes the bases of the tourism develompment at the area of 2 230 km2, populated by I 10 000 residents and hisloriccaly and culturally as well as environmentaly a very specific one.<br />It has a reliable infrastructure ,a numbre of tourist reslaruant and other facilities and a long tradition in the spa tourism.Nevertheless , (he present slate of tourism is not satisfactory.Toplica region was tried to be invaded by many invaders in the past and consequently people migrated through ccntui iesahe desity of population is low , and not only is tourism insufficiently developed but other economic branches also.According to the areal functional division of Serbia , Toplica region , that is its upper part belongs to middle Kopaonik zone of high montainous regie ns.The basic determination for tourist development of Toplica region is based on natural and anthropogenic values which have got been enough exploited so far.Devil&#39;s city - a curiosity of the world importance , thanks to the insufficient traffic connection and the lack of accomodation facilities in the area is not well enough affirmerd.The basis of tourism development in Toplica region is the spa of Prolom which , according to the tourist circulation is one of the leading spas in Serbia.The receptive basis of the tourist offer of Toplica rcgion( 1967 beds in 1996, of which 956 belonging to public property), is not enough for more intesive develompenl of tourism.By the way , neither the structure of already existing accomodation faci ities meets the requests of modern tourism.The hotel accomodation is usuallytwo - starred , with not enough facilities , whereas complementary accomodation facilities arc in small numbers , insufficiently functionals.and therefore insufficicnty used in the function of tourist development. NATO agression led by America has severely damaged Toploica region.Damage on communicationsystems and accomodation facilities had a catastrophic influence on the decrease of tourist coming and staying , and therefore on the development of tourism too.</p>