Records of the entire tourism industry may not be realistic to expect when the structure of foreign tourists is analyzed and when the country has a burdened road and communal infrastructure, but also a deficit of qualified staff, according to the chairman of the Board of the Association of Tourism and Hospitality of the Chamber of Commerce, Ranko Jovović.
If one adds to that the insufficiently balanced pricing policy, he stated that it can be said that the results we are recording are even more than realistic.
“In any case, we should wait for more detailed data and do a quality analysis that will take into account not only the realized tourist traffic, but also the structure of total revenues, the degree of utilization of accommodation capacities, the influence of the gray economy and inflation, the increase in labor costs, energy and other costs, how in the end, we could give a final conclusion about the effects of this tourist season”, Jovović said.
He cited the preliminary data of Monstat, where during the nine months of the current year, 1.22 million arrivals were made in collective accommodation, which is 24 percent more compared to the comparative period of the previous year or more 13 percent compared to the same period in 2019. In the observed period the number of overnight stays was 4.15 million, which represents an increase of 19 percent compared to last year or more nine percent compared to 2019.
“The most overnight stays in collective accommodation were achieved in coastal towns (89.1 percent), the capital (6.2 percent), mountain towns (2.7 percent) and other towns (two percent). Of the total number of overnight stays in collective accommodation, three coastal municipalities participate with over 60 percent: Budva with 44 percent, then Herceg Novi with 16 percent and Bar with 10 percent,” Jovović said.
He added that the constant growth of income in tourism is the result of continuous work on improving the offer, enriching the tourist product, improving the winter tourist infrastructure, creating conditions for better traffic and air connectivity with the main European markets, as well as the promotion of the destination and its positioning on the tourist map. of the world.
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