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Andrija Krešić, director of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Tourism Board (HNK) for the portal Clicks says Mostar and Medjugorje have suffered incalculable losses.
The situation was pointed out by Neum as the only city on the sea in Bosnia and Herzegovina that lives off summer tourism.
Although the HNK does not have clear indicators of the situation or adequate registration systems, it is estimated that only about 30 percent of the planned visits were made throughout the canton.
Kresic says that since the beginning of the year things started well in Mostar and Medjugorje, and then with the appearance of the coronavirus, the introduction of restrictive measures and the closing of borders, everything stopped.
After the relaxation of the measures, only domestic tourists came, and during July and August, only Neum escaped the situation to some extent. It was discovered as a destination by numerous citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro after they decided to visit it due to border complications and promotion. we work, “Kresic said.
One and a half million tourists were expected in Mostar, but 70% of them could not come. This brought to the brink of the collapse of individuals and businessmen who invested huge funds in the city of Neretva to prepare for the best tourist season in the history of that city.
