06 July 2019 - Summer in the mountains is slowly but steadily becoming equally important for tourist workers of ski resorts as the winter season. There are extensive mountain activities you can do in Montenegro – mountaineering and canyoning, as well as many other mountain activities that many foreign, and even local guests, opt for, reported CdM.
The summer season in Žabljak records growth in foreign arrivals (tourists from France, Belgium, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic), while there is a high seat occupancy in hotels (80%) and private accommodation as well (50-60%). The biggest problem in Žabljak this year is the lack of a quality workforce in the hospitality industry.
“Tourists are traditionally mostly interested in the mountaineering, walking, rafting, ziplining via ferrata, paragliding and horseback riding. There is an increase in the number of bikers and cyclists, whereas the panorama route "Durmitorski prsten" exists for a long time but this year, we can officially call it ‘the Panorama Route," Vanja Krgović Šarović of the Žabljak Tourism Organization said.
According to her, tourist arrivals in May were slightly lower due to heavy rainfall, but April was significantly better.
Director of the Local Tourism Organization in Berane, Ivan Radević, said that so far, they have been satisfied with tourist arrivals and all the accommodation capacities in this town are almost occupied.
“Currently, most of our tourists come from Israel and they are usually interested in visiting Bjelasica. There are more and more rural tourist households and foreigners are impressed to find them. We are still waiting for some French and German tourists,” Radević said
The Local Tourism Organization of Berane and the Municipality of Berane invested 40.000 EUR in the cultural manifestations that are supposed to be organized in this town, but they are not satisfied with the amount provided by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro.
As for the situation in the Municipality of Mojkovac, Director of the Mojovac Tourism Organization, Petar Vučinić, said that whoever comes to Mojkovac will not repent.
"We have to offer a lot for young people and the elderly as well, for high net-worth individuals and modest tourists,” said Vučinić.
Bjelasica, mostly attractive during winter, has a lot to offer during summer. The road towards Berane, which is being built over this mountain, has ensured better availability of the mountain lakes, such as Pesic and Ursulovac Lake, the source of the Biogradska River, as well as the pedestrian and cycling routes and the Eco summer pasture on Vranje, whose organizer is a well-known tourist worker, Darko Bulatovic. To stay and relax in Kolašin means experiencing nature at its best.
As for the Municipality of Rožaje, even though well-known for its winter tourism, thanks to the activities of the local tourism organization and many other mountain sports associations, there are numerous tourist events organized over summer.
According to the Director of the Local Tourism Organization, Nedžad Murić, a large number of events is going to be organized in Rožaje thanks to the manifestation "Days of Diaspora", which will start in July and end in August.
Murić added that the tourism offer of Rožaje was recently enriched by an extremely important facility – the ethno-village "Jela" – the first object of that kind in Rožaje.
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