The director of the NTO spends in a year what Kordić spends in a month: Where and how much do the first ladies of Montenegrin tourism travel?

Director of the National Tourism Organization (NTO) of Montenegro Ana Tripković Marković, during 2025, she traveled at least 12 times on official business, and the total expenses reported in travel invoices amounted to 4.185,85 euros. She spent a total of 49 days on trips, and spent the most time in Scotland, where she stayed officially for 9 days, and Šibenik, where she spent 6,5 days.

Tripković Marković traveled to Brussels, Dublin, Rome, Reykjavik, was in Scotland and Malta...

According to the submitted travel orders and calculations, the NTO director traveled to Brussels in February, where she participated in a meeting of the European Commission's Board of Directors for travel and accompanying meetings. For that trip, she was paid 243,60 euros, or three daily allowances of 81,20 euros each, according to the travel invoice.

Just a few days later, a trip to Dublin followed, to participate in the “Skift Destination International Global Leaders Forum.” That official trip cost 266,70 euros.

In early March, the director was in Berlin, where she was assigned to attend the ITB International Trade Fair. She was paid 218,40 euros for the trip, including three per diems.

From April 15 to 19, Tripković Marković was in Rome, where she participated in the conference “Advances in Tourism Economics.” This official trip cost the NTO a total of 649,19 euros.

In May, she made an official visit to Zadar, at the 109th General Assembly of the European Commission for Travel and Tourism Forum. The trip cost 189 euros.

In July, Ana Tripković Marković had several meetings with local tourism workers in Šibenik, and for her six-day stay, according to her travel bill, she was paid 409,50 euros.

In August, the director of the NTO visited Scotland. In Edinburgh and Glasgow, as stated in the travel invoice, she had several meetings, and for this trip she was paid a total of 869,40, which included nine daily allowances.

Her next trip was to Malta in September, among other things, to meet with the director of the country's tourism organization. The six-day stay in Malta cost 430,50 euros.

In early November, the NTO director spent six days in London, where she participated in the WTM fair, one of the most important tourism fairs in Europe. The trip cost 483 euros.

Marković Tripković also attended the General Assembly of the European Commission for travel in Reykjavik, Iceland, in November, for which she was paid 390,60 euros.

Of the domestic destinations, Ana Tripković Marković was in Risan (paid 9 euros) and Tivat (18 euros).

For comparison, Simonida Kordić, the Minister of Tourism, spent 32.352,73 euros on hotel and airline tickets in the first five months of last year alone, visiting 13 world capitals.

Kordić stayed in Marrakech (325 euros), Prague (161 euros), Cuba (607,95 euros), Japan (705,60 euros), Venice (322 euros), Berlin (254 euros), Bulgaria (317,80 euros), Athens (233,10 euros), Vienna (78,75 euros), Rome (402,50 euros), Abu Dhabi (686,70 euros), Belgrade (110,60 euros) and the USA (898,80 euros).