Towards a Better Understanding of Motivation and Constraints for Domestic Geotourists: The Case of the Middle and Lower Danube Region in Serbia

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear authors,

the paper is well written and the topic will be of interest for the public

there are some changes that should improve the quality of the text

I propose gather 1 and 2 in one section

1. introduction describes in the begining only motivation not constraints
2. then in section 2. both motivations and constraints were mentioned

If you do not agree then sepate in 3 section with adequate literature

1. introduction
2. moives
3. constraints

in line 28-29 demand is stated but in the text demand is not concerned, therefore erase sentence

in line 63 preferences were stated but you do not survey pereference but motives so this sentence is out of context and should be erased

in methodology 3. the terms should be reframed

use only respondents or participants (not subjects)

teh sentence in line 105 shoul dbe refrased "llokin at the gender.. "

start sentence with The gender structure showed the majority of

females ( %)... in comparison to males

the table 1 is quite wide and uses space so it may be schrinked (see  similar paper Sustainability 2020, 12, 6379)

in table 3 the figures (KMO and bartlett  X2, p) should be stated under table 3 and variance explained too (see Sustainability 2020, 12, 6379).

tables 2 and 3 should be technically made as the journal requires

it may be usefull to change the order of factor to show their importance acoording how they came out of factor analysis

1.lack of time

2.structural

3.lack of information

4. inter/intrapersonal

the same in table 2.

rotated matrix

1. aquiring new knowledge
2. friends
3. rest
4. researc
5. visiting atractions

in the discussion gramtical changes shoul dbe done ( motive / motif )

see line 281

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

A very nice paper.  An interesting topic, well handled.  Good review of literature, elegant use of statistical analysis.  Well-founded conclusions.  My only reservation is also noted by the authors - the study is limited to domestic (Serbian) visitors; it would be good to undertake further work on inbound visitors perhaps once Covid restrictions are past.  One v minor typo - need to separate the words in the title for the reference at line 447.  Otherwise - good work.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your kind comments. We feel that this topic is a bit neglected but important and therefore needs more attention in the future. This paper is only the beginning. Unfortunately due to COVID our research had to be limited to domestic tourists for the moment but the results are nevertheless important for the Serbian market as well as partly for other countries (especially in the region) that can rely on our results to see what motivates Serbian people the most when visiting geosites which in turn can help in product promotion and the overall improvement of the geotourism offer at these countries.

Further research is planned after the COVID restrictions to reveal what motivates and demotivates foreign visitors with special focus on Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

Additionally, we have corrected the typo in the references section as you indicated.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear authors,

the requested changes were done and the article is now ready.

best regards

rewiever