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Interest for tourist destinations in Serbia rises
Belgrade,
19 January 2005
Director of the Serbian Tourist Agency (TOS) Milica Cubrilo said today that several leading European tourist agencies have included Serbia in their offers.
Speaking at a press conference, Cubrilo said that a brochure produced by the French agency Nouvelles Frontiers was published recently and that it includes Serbia in its offer for 2005.
The British agency Thomson has also shown interest in tourist destinations in Serbia and will soon send its general manager along with journalists from the magazines of The Times and The Independent to Kopaonik to see what this mountain has to offer.
According to TOS director, British agencies Balkan Holidays, Regent Travel, Bosmere Travel and Adventure Discovery also recommend Serbia as one of the top 20 destinations for this year.
TOS printed a brochure for participants in the Assembly of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development that will be held in Belgrade in May. The brochure contains recommendations for sightseeing trips and excursions in Belgrade, Cubrilo said and added that the brochure has been sent to organisers so that it will be included in the materials to be handed out to participants of the event.
In agreement with tourist organisations of Serbian cities and municipalities, the web site of TOS will be updated on a daily basis with all information concerning the tourist offers of Serbia.
The TOS Director said that 198.7 million dinars in revenues were generated through tourism in the fist 11 months of the last year, which is 41 percent more than in the same period of 2003.
Cubrilo said that tourist resorts of Serbia hosted 128,130 tourists from January to late November 2004, representing a five percent increase over 2003.
The number of foreign guests increased by nine percent, which means that more than 31,000 foreign tourists stayed in Serbia in the first 11 months of 2004, while the number of domestic tourists totalled 96,298, which is three percent more than in 2003, Cubrilo said. The greatest number of these visits was recorded in major administrative centres.
She announced that this year Serbia will be divided in 15 tourist zones that will represent geographical and cultural wholes. In these zones, TOS, in cooperation with local authorities and businessmen, will form groups that will identify particularities of each region that will become the brand of the tourist offer of that area.
The British agency Thomson has also shown interest in tourist destinations in Serbia and will soon send its general manager along with journalists from the magazines of The Times and The Independent to Kopaonik to see what this mountain has to offer.
According to TOS director, British agencies Balkan Holidays, Regent Travel, Bosmere Travel and Adventure Discovery also recommend Serbia as one of the top 20 destinations for this year.
TOS printed a brochure for participants in the Assembly of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development that will be held in Belgrade in May. The brochure contains recommendations for sightseeing trips and excursions in Belgrade, Cubrilo said and added that the brochure has been sent to organisers so that it will be included in the materials to be handed out to participants of the event.
In agreement with tourist organisations of Serbian cities and municipalities, the web site of TOS will be updated on a daily basis with all information concerning the tourist offers of Serbia.
The TOS Director said that 198.7 million dinars in revenues were generated through tourism in the fist 11 months of the last year, which is 41 percent more than in the same period of 2003.
Cubrilo said that tourist resorts of Serbia hosted 128,130 tourists from January to late November 2004, representing a five percent increase over 2003.
The number of foreign guests increased by nine percent, which means that more than 31,000 foreign tourists stayed in Serbia in the first 11 months of 2004, while the number of domestic tourists totalled 96,298, which is three percent more than in 2003, Cubrilo said. The greatest number of these visits was recorded in major administrative centres.
She announced that this year Serbia will be divided in 15 tourist zones that will represent geographical and cultural wholes. In these zones, TOS, in cooperation with local authorities and businessmen, will form groups that will identify particularities of each region that will become the brand of the tourist offer of that area.
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