معرفی
Jovan Bugarčić serves as a Teaching Assistant (mapped to Lecturer rank) at the Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja, University of Kragujevac, Serbia. Born September 11, 1994 in Čačak, he holds dual undergraduate degrees from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management in Banja Luka and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Niš, and is currently pursuing PhD studies at his current institution.
His academic credentials include:
- Undergraduate: Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Banja Luka
- Undergraduate: Faculty of Economics, University of Niš
- PhD Candidate: Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism in Vrnjačka Banja
Bugarčić's research centers on gastronomy's economic dimensions within tourism, specifically examining how traditional food products like kajmak function as cultural assets to enhance regional tourism development in Western Serbia. His work bridges food technology, culinary heritage, and destination economics through empirical analysis of local tourism offerings.
His publication record reveals consistent focus on applied tourism economics, with recent work analyzing electronic business systems in tourism (2016) and cultural food assets as tourism drivers (2019). These contributions demonstrate specialization in translating culinary traditions into measurable economic outcomes for regional development.
He teaches core courses including Basics of Gastronomy, Food and Beverage Technology, and Principles of Healthy Food Production, building on professional experience from College of Hotel Management (2015-2017) and High School of Tourism (2017-2019) before joining his current institution in 2019.
