IDENTIFICATION OF CULTURAL TOURIST RESOURCES OF TUZLA CANTON

The subject of this scientific work (article) is the research of cultural heritage for the development of cultural entrepreneurship in the tourism of Tuzla Canton. This research includes a detailed analysis of the cultural heritage which is the basis for the development of cultural tourism in Tuzla Canton. More detailed research has also shown the factors to be affirmed in the direction of the development of cultural tourism and thus enrich the tourist offer of Tuzla Canton, which is still not sufficiently developed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The process of identifying tourism resources has shown the presence of numerous and valuable tourist resources, representing material acts inherited from previous generations through different time periods and which testify to the continuity of the people's lives in this area. In this great wealth of tourist resources there are prospects and opportunities for tourism development. The possibilities for development of cultural entrepreneurship in the area of Tuzla Canton are great, but it is necessary to seriously devise a quality tourism development strategy and promotion to the tourism market. The aim of the work is to recognize the possibility of incorporating the cultural identity of the population of Tuzla Canton into tourism which will be cultivated and preserved through tourism activities.