Dejan Veselinov is director of Tourism Industry Association of Serbia (ATIS) and the owner and director of the agency "Veselinov Tourism Consulting" based in Belgrade.

He furthered his education and interests through his M.A. thesis "Contemporary Approaches to Destination Management: The Case of Belgrade," defended 2016 at the Singidunum University. His main expertise in PR and destination management was acquired during his twelve-year tenure at the Tourist Organization of Belgrade. Starting as an assistant, he gradually advanced through various PR roles until eventually attaining the director position.

As a manager, he acquired new knowledge, experiences, skills, and numerous contacts with people from around the world, particularly in tourism and other business spheres.

Over the past eight years, at his tourism consulting agency, he has worked on numerous projects in the local, cross-border, and transnational areas, particularly through the development of significant international tourism products such as the Cultural Route of the Roman Emperors, Danube Wine Route, and EuroVelo cycling routes. In these projects, he provided support and expertise in establishing destination management strategies and communications that enable effective visitor management and communication within and between all destinations involved in the routes.

Teorijski i praktični rad u vezi sa upravljanjem turističkim destinacijama je unapredio odbranivši 2016. godine na Univerzitetu Singidunum magistarsku tezu na temu „Savremeni pristupi upravljanju turističkim destinacijama na primeru Beograda“

Throughout his career, he has completed various courses and training programs, notably "Destination Pro" (European Cities Marketing) and a Sustainable Tourism training class (Global Sustainable Tourism Council).

Projects (selected):

• TransDanube.Pearls, Danube Competence Center (Danube Region) July 2017 – Jun 2019; INTERREG, Danube Transnational Programme, http://www.interreg-danube.eu/approved-projects/transdanube-pearls and https://www.danube-pearls.eu/en/danube-pearls/
• The Roman Emperors and Danube Wine Route, Danube Competence Center (Danube region) Apr 2018 – March 2022; European Union’s COSME Programme (2014-2020), https://romanemperorsroute.org
• „Tourism Development Strategy Rajac Rogljevo Smedovac and accompanying Action Plan 2021 – 2026 83372254 “ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ, January –May 2021. (Eastern Serbia)
• „Strategic Program for Tourism Development of the Municipality of Gadzin Han and thecAction Plan 2022-2027“, „Operational Marketing Plan“ and „Business plan for the development of a camping site in the Municipality Gadzin Han“, September 2023.
• “Adriatic Landscape Interpretation Network” ADRIALINK's - Drafting of the document: "Detailed plan for the implementation of the Landscape Interpretation Center" using VR technology and a system of connected interactive totems and "Plan for project management and sustainability". Interreg Adrion 2020-02-01 – 2022-07-31
• "Preservation and Attractive Exhibition of the Natural and Cultural Heritage of Belogradchik and Boljevac Municipalities" Ref. No CB007.2.11.064. Study Common Tourist Routes in the Cross-Border Area of Boljevac and Belogradchik Municipalities. Interreg – IPA CBC, year 2022. (Eastern Serbia)
• "The Experiential Tourism Soft Skills and Marketing: The Real Tourism Turning Point" by the Regional Development Agency Srem and two Italian organizations: Localevolution, an association for social promotion and organization of cultural events in the Abruzzo region, Scanno; CrowdAid A.P.S.
• “Development of basic guidelines for creating a marketing plan for DMO Šumadija and Pomoravlje”, Regional Development Agency Šumadija and Pomoravlje, 2023.
• “Elaborate on the Serbian Outbound Market”, Spanish Tourism National Board - analysis of the entire Serbian tourism market (generally outbound to all countries, not inbound), analysis of the Serbian outbound market to Spain, and conclusions and assessments. March 2022
• “Study of the potential development of religious tourism products and pilgrimages in the area of Vodnjan (Croatia) and surroundings” - Basis for the Adoption of the Sacred Tourism Development Program, December 2022.
• Call for Emergency Grant implemented under the project “EU for Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Serbia”
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ July – August 2020;
• NGO „Supernatural“ Promotion and development of the project “12 magnificent” (gastronomy tour through Serbia), 2018;Supported by US Embassy Belgrade Fair, PR and Business development 2019. and 2020, 2022, 2023. Belgrade Tourism Fair, https://beogradskisajamturizma.rs/en/why-to-exhibit-at-the-fair/b2b-portal/
• Tourist Organisation of Vojvodina Tourism consulting, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022.