Tourism Assessment of Roman-Catholic Sacral Objects Using Analytical Hierarchy Process (Ahp) ? Case Study of Novi Sad, Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica

Because of its geopolitical and tourist location and because of its ethnic composition, Novi Sad is known as one cosmopolitan city that grew to become the place of gathering and dialogue of many nations, cultures and religious communities. No matter if they are believers, agnostics, atheists, pilgrims, city tourists, travelling through or are the inhabitants, young, middle-aged or retired, all beneficent people can find here all the necessary information written on the account of rich religious and historical sources. The subject of this paper is the tourist valorization of the eight most attractive Roman-Catho lic sacred objects in Novi Sad, Petrovaradin and Sremska Kamenica. In this paper the analyzed cultural and religious assets represent alternatives while indicators of the quantitative-qualitative method of assessment of cultural sites are used as criteria. And AHP gradually compares alternatives according to chosen criterion and measures their impact on the goal, which helps man to make the right decision. From the results of the assessment of the analyzed sacred objects The Name of Mary Church with Catholic churchyard and Vicarage ? Novi Sad is ranked as the most attractive site. Then, in second place is the Franciscan convert St. George the Martyr ? Petrovaradin, followed by The Church of Snežna Gospa in Tekije ? Petrovaradin.