RELIGION, MOUNTAINS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

The first chapter presents the church dioceses of the Macedonian Orthodox Church: Prespa-Pelagonija, Povardarje, Bregalnica, Skopje, Strumica, Tetovo-Gostivar diocese, European, Australian-New Zealand and American-Canadian dioceses.The second chapter presents the tourism in the Republic of Northern Macedonia and the tourist turnover in the period from 1991-2018. Organizational and personnel aspects and content and quality of tourist services in the Republic of Northern Macedonia. Furthermore, mountain tourism, mountain tourist places, analysis of mountain tourism in the tourist turnover of the Republic of Northern Macedonia in the period 2009-2018 and perspectives for development of mountain tourism in the Republic of Northern Macedonia are presented.The third chapter presents the socio-economic characteristics of the municipalities of Plasnica and Makedonski Brod in the Republic of Northern Macedonia.