Crisis, wheather it's virtual or real, was not present in camping tourism in the last season, mostly because of the rising trend in seeking for a holiday in untouched nature.

Example is "Dunav" (Danube), small campngsite on Danube river bank close to Belgrade which had one very nice season last year.
From May 1st till September 30th there was 3.262 overnights (guests from abroad), mostly in motorhomes. Majority of campers came from Netherlands, Poland, Germany, France. There are also campers from Slovenia, Italy and Belgium.

This season, there will be for the first time, organized camping caravans. They will come in different organizations and arrangements such as:

• ACSI "Balkan"

• Perestroika Tours
• NKC - Netherlands Kamper Club
• ANWB Caravantours
• VKT Belgija
• Senioren kampeer Club
• Orcada-Voyages, France
• Top deck...

Beside this camping site, there are also several camping sites interesting for camping tour operators such as "Toma" near Golubac and new one "Vitasi" ("Sharganska osmica").

We hope that arrival of the international camping tour operators will change the overall image of Serbian camping tourism and that it will have a positive influence on other camping sites to raise the quality of its services on all levels.

CAS hosted EFCO & HPA General Assembly meeting in hotel Majestic, Belgrade, from 19-21 March 2009.

European camping associations gathered in Belgrade to discuss major camping industry issues.

As always, the topics covered standards and law regulations in camping and holiday park services, as well as camping cards, best practice and experience exchange as well as education in camping.

All participants expressed great pleasure for being in Belgrade for the first time and was satisfied by the quality of the programme and organization of this meeting. Representatives of European camping industries had an opportunity to cruise on Danube and to experience Serbian enogastronomic evening.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank to all those who help us to organize this meeting, and special thanks to the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development, USAID (through COMPETE program), Tourist organization of Serbia and Serbian Convention Bureau, as well as to the Tourist Organization of Belgrade.

We can proudly say we were good hosts and we convinced our European colleagues in the future of Serbia as a new camping and tourist destination in general.

The next GA meeting will be in Copenhagen in October 2009.

Camping Association of Serbia promoted Serbian campingsites and the latest brochure for the investors "Camping in the Danube region - Ideal Investment for the Future".

CAS was present as a part of the main stand of National Tourist Organization of Serbia.

Association has been represented by Mr Vladimir Stojanovski, General Secretary.

Presentation of the project - Camping development along the Danube.