Ivana Damnjanović

Dr Ivana Damnjanović

Dr Ivana Damnjanović

Ivana Dam­njan­ović is a sus­tain­able tour­ism expert with a dec­ade of exper­i­ence cur­rently serving as vice-dean for inter­na­tion­al cooper­a­tion at the Fac­ulty of Health and Busi­ness Stud­ies, Singidunum Uni­ver­sity, Ser­bia. Dr Dam­njan­ović advoc­ates enhanced stu­dent edu­ca­tion­al exper­i­ences through “the pro­lif­er­a­tion and trans­fer­ab­il­ity of teach­ing meth­ods and applic­ab­il­ity of the acquired knowledge”.

An ambas­sad­or for Plan­et Hap­pi­ness, Dr Dam­njan­ović’s aca­dem­ic interests include com­munity well-being; well­ness through recre­ation, adven­ture, and nature-based tour­ism; regen­er­at­ive tour­ism; sus­tain­able tour­ism in pro­tec­ted areas; and tour­ist exper­i­ences, storytelling, inter­pret­a­tion, and their edu­ca­tion­al aspects.

Ivana has also writ­ten for The “Good Tour­ism” Blog.

Old stories, new memories in Valjevo, Serbia

May 26, 2021

A 3:2 crop of a panoramic image of Valjevo, Serbia featuring the Balkans' second largest Orthodox temple. Photo (c) Dimitrije Tanasković https://www.instagram.com/dimitrijetanaskovic/

“Why did­n’t you ever tell me that?” I shrieked. “Well, you nev­er asked,” my grandma replied. I am unsure wheth­er there was an echo of rep­rim­and or remorse. Maybe I ima­gined it. Still, the accom­pa­ny­ing smile hin­ted that she had been wait­ing for this moment. I loved both my grand­par­ents with all my heart. They […]

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