Montenegro’s tourist business industry is getting all braced up for summer, expecting a greater number of Russian tourists than in the last few years.Published on : Friday, March 16, 2018
Montenegro’s tourist business industry is getting all braced up for summer, expecting a greater number of Russian tourists than in the last few years.
On Thursday the tourism authorities presented the nation’s offer at the biggest Moscow travel and tourism fair, MITT mentioning that the trends portray that more Russian globetrotters are interested to visit Montenegro.
The National Tourism Organization asserted that Russian tourisms are known for late booking.
They also went on to add that in recent years more of them come individually and guests from Russia visit Montenegro mostly in the summer. It should be noted that compared to ten years ago, the number of Russian tourists in Montenegro had doubled by 2017.
While the coastal town of Budva was dubbed as ‘Moscow of the sea’ and welcomed a great number of Russian travellers each year the Russian tourism agencies are interested in other Montenegrin resorts as well, including Herceg Novi and Bar and Kotor.
Pavle Obradovic, head of the Herceg Novi’s tourism organization mentioned on Tuesday that many Russian tour operators who had exhibited at the Moscow fair were thrilled in the town’s offer.
To back up the business, the national air carrier, Montenegro airlines also declared one more flight to St. Petersburg and Moscow commencing from 25th March. Along side the regular flights of Russian airlines during the year, additional flights to Montenegro have been announced during the summer season.
Montenegro’s once close relations with Russia have cooled to a great extent since Podgorica joined Western sanctions against Moscow in 2014 over the crisis in Ukraine and since it joined NATO.
Relations became more tense last October when Montenegro told Russians stood behind an alleged coup attempt that was aimed at overthrowing pro-Western government and assassinating the then Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic.
Latest data from the Statistics Office of Montenegro has revealed that Russians are coming to Montenegro are accounting for the majority of the foreign travellers.
Tourists from Russia had accounted for nearly 26.7% of all overnight stays last year in Montengro that was followed by nationals from Bosnia, Ukraine and Serbia.
The Moscow Travel and Tourism Fair also mentioned in January that Montenegro witnessed an 8% rise in Russia tourists over the initial nine months of 2017.
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