The Government adopted the proposal for a tourist valorization model of the Lipska Pećina, located in Dobrski Selo on the Belvedere Pass on Cetinje, on Thursday. Previously, the administration of the capital turned to the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism with a request to define a model of joint cooperation and launch a tender procedure for the tourism valorization of Lipska Pećina.
Lipska Pečina, a special joint-stock company for investments in tourism, has existed since September 13 last year. It was founded by the Moneta fund, which is managed by Slovenian investors from the ST Hamer group.
The activities of the newly founded company, wholly owned by Moneta, are botanical and zoological gardens and national parks. Slovenian investors indicated that the concession and lease of Lipska Pečina should be approved for 25 years from the beginning of tourist exploitation, that is, from 2013 to 2037.
The proposed model implies the granting of a concession for the arrangement and use of property in general use - the Lipska cave, which includes the visit of tourists to the cave, the organization of events and other manifestations, as well as the arrangement of the cave in order to bring it to its defined purpose.
"According to the above, the concession model refers to the cave, namely: the entrance hall, Njegoševa hall, the so-called a crystal corridor and a channel with blocks and parts of the cave," the government document states.
During the direct communication between the representative of the local authority and the potential investor, it was agreed in principle that for the first five years of the lease, 175.000 euros will be paid in a fixed amount, 50.000 on the day Lipska Pečina starts working, 100.000 euros at the end of the first year of operation and 25.000 at the end of the fifth. years. From the sixth to the 15th year of using the property, 20 percent of the net income from the sale of tickets to the cave, and from the 16th year until the end of the concession contract, 25 percent of the net income from the sale of tickets to the cave.
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