The National Tourism Organization of Montenegro (NTO CG) presented the diverse tourist offer of the destination at the "Sarajevo Travel Fest" fair, attracting a lot of attention from visitors.
"Sarajevo Travel Fest" is a gathering place for the entire tourism industry of the countries of the region, Europe, and the world in order to promote the tourist offer of each of the participating countries. Through interesting presentations, gastronomic, folklore, and musical content, Montenegro presented a part of culture and tradition, which attracted the attention of visitors and elicited great applause.
"I would like to point out that promotion in BiH is something that is important in our programs and plans because the guests from this market are the third in order. Last year, Montenegro was visited by more than 210.000 tourists who spent more than 1.300.000 overnight stays, which means that the guests of Bosnia and Herzegovina are happy to return and visit Montenegro," she said. representative of NTO Montenegro, Ljiljana Čukić.
The Montenegrin stand was visited by citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ministers, high dignitaries from the region, as well as numerous media. Along with tasting Montenegrin products, they enjoyed good music and performances by the cultural and artistic society and City Music.
"Whenever we have the opportunity, we visit Montenegro, so we will go during this summer as well. We are looking forward to it because there is always something to offer and to see. Especially for our passengers who are a younger population, so Budva is always their number one choice", said one of the visitors.
During the fair, Snežana Pekić, member of the Executive Board of the NTO of Montenegro participated in the conference "Creative and sustainable communities in tourism of the 21st century", which contributes to the development of joint cooperation in the field of tourism. In addition, the Sarajevo Regional Development Agency SERDA and the European Entrepreneurial Network in Bosnia and Herzegovina (EEN), with the support of the Sarajevo Fair and numerous international organizations and agencies for the development and promotion of tourism, organized B2B business meetings. On that occasion it is adviser to the director of the NTO of Montenegro, Amel Dedeić held numerous meetings with the economy, the goal of which was to acquire new business contacts and find international partners for cooperation and future projects.
As a partner network of NTO Montenegro, the first Montenegrin mobile operator took part in the Tourism Fair in Sarajevo - Those of Montenegro which allowed visitors to participate in a prize game and scratch off more than 60 valuable tourist and prizes from the company's portfolio of services and devices. Discovering the innovative application of a company dedicated to technology, precisely thanks to the creation of a network with the National and local tourism organizations of Tivat, Bar, Herceg Novi, Podgorica, Plava and Pljevlja, visitors had the opportunity to win prizes in the form of a stay in some of the great hotels in the south or north of Montenegro Above, designed trips or valuable rewards from One.
"We have really excellent cooperation with organizations of all kinds in Montenegro, hotels, tourist organizations and travel agencies. I just have to brag that I won two nights in a luxury hotel in the south of the country through a prize draw at the Montenegro stand," he said. journalist of Dnevni Avaz, Denis Hajdarbašić.
Local tourism organizations had the opportunity to present their offer and talk to visitors. Director of TO Zabljak, Stojan Abazović, emphasized the importance of promotion on the market of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where an increasing number of guests come from.
"This time we present Žabljak and Durmitor - as one of the most beautiful mountains in the world, which is at a very close distance from Sarajevo, about three hours' drive. We are happy that lately we have more and more guests from this market. "Durmitor itself is very interesting for guests from Bosnia and Herzegovina because of its nature and active tourism," said Abazović.
Natalia Terzic in front of TO Herceg Novi points out that their city offers a rich and meaningful program during the upcoming summer tourist season, and that this fair is very important for presenting the complete offer of the city.
"With all that is recognizable for Herceg Novi, with a gastronomic offer authentic to our climate and all that the beaches offer, we are ready to welcome guests during the upcoming summer months. So we hope for a good attendance, and we see that the interest is really high, at least when it comes to Herceg Novi", said Terzić.
Representative of TO Bar, Sara Jovićević, she said that the Bar traditionally participates in the Tourism Fair in Sarajevo, bearing in mind that they have a large number of guests from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
"We have prepared a very rich content, I would especially emphasize active vacations, which is a special offer when it comes to our municipality, bearing in mind that Bar is located on, as we like to say, two magical coasts. In addition, I would like to point out that an E-gaming conference will be held in Bar in May, which will last from May 10 to 12, where as many as 50 speakers from five continents from 20 countries will participate, which is a very big and important thing for us and our country", said Jovićević.
Together with NTO Montenegro, local tourist organizations from Ulcinj, Bar, Budva, Tivat, Kotor, Herceg Novi, Podgorica, Žabljak, Kolašin, Rožaj, Bijelo Polje, Mojkovac, Šavnik, Gusinje, Pljevlja, Andrijevica, as well as the marketing partner One, presented their offer. Montenegro.
