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Serbia: Survey on Risk Perception in Tourism

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Hello all, we have reviewed and approved this post and its survey prior to posting to ensure that it is anonymous and noncommercial in nature.

My name is Dragana Mitrić-Aćimović, and I’m an assistant professor at
the Faculty of Organizational Studies “Eduka” in Belgrade, Serbia. I’m
currently part of a research team exploring how international tourists
perceive risk when choosing travel destinations.

We would be incredibly grateful if you could take just 5–7 minutes to
complete our anonymous online questionnaire:
https://forms.gle/yQvvDyLLPJWKbLcz5

Who can participate? Anyone over 18 who is not a citizen of Serbia and
has traveled (or considered traveling) internationally.

Why is this important? Your responses will help us better understand
how travelers perceive political uncertainty and risk abroad, which
can contribute to improving communication, travel safety, and
decision-making tools in tourism.

Why should you help? Because you’re part of a thoughtful,
global-minded travel community — and your voice matters. We truly
value your experience and opinion as a traveler.

Feel free to share the link with fellow travelers too — every response
counts!

Thank you so much in advance for your time and support.

Warm wishes from Belgrade, Dragana

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1088 posts

I've gotten a few reports. No really, Zach is staff, and we do allow this on occasion when pre-approved. There is precedent.

Posted by
8473 posts

So the first page of the survey involves a potential visitor’s awareness and concerns about the collapse of a canopy at a railway station in 2024 that killed 16, and the ensuing protests that resulted in clashes with the police.

The second page requires logging in to Google to continue, what seems to me to be an additional step, requiring more involvement to provide more input.

So, who here was aware of the station canopy collapse, and did it affect plans to visit Serbia? With all the Americans concerned earlier this year about whether a European country would willingly receive them as visitors, here’s a country that’s concerned whether people are concerned about visiting.

Posted by
4618 posts

We’ve been following this story since last year when the awning collapsed. My husband reads and watches Croatian news everyday and it’s been reported and updated frequently. We have many Serbian friends who visit family a few times a year. Even they told us not to visit them this October cause if the problems.
I’ll take the survey on my desktop later.

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5754 posts

I got past the first page focusing solely on the bus station collapse but I couldn't complete the remainder of the questionnaire because the following questions concerned my thoughts about various aspects of my visit to Serbia. However, I've never been to Serbia so couldn't answer the questions despite the questionnaire being aimed at, amongst others, potential first time visitors to Serbia. A poorly thought out questionnaire.

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23265 posts

It appears that it might be biased to attribute blame in a drop in tourism on one factor. Then the psychological questions might be to catagorize those who disagree with the premise. I dont want to return to Serbia and a lot of folks dont want to go to Serbia, and it has nothing to do with the structural failure or the protests.

But it was interesting and I didnt mind doing it.

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1891 posts

There's only so much time I'm willing to spend on unreimbursed surveys. A couple of pages in it became obvious this one would exceed my limit. Kind of a shame, since I really enjoyed my brief stay in Belgrade.

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