Listen to the news

The tourist season was very successful, reported the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism Goran Djurović, emphasizing the significant increase in the tourist flow in the northern municipalities of Montenegro, the Montenegrin media reported, quoted by BTA.

The strengthening of tourism in the less developed regions of the country is laid down as a goal in all program documents for the development of the sector. 

From January to July 2022, 1.14 million tourists stayed in all types of accommodation, which is 44.7 percent more than the same period last year.

A total of 6.13 million overnight stays were registered, which is 38 percent more than last year.

The data were presented to the parliamentary committee on tourism, agriculture, ecology and spatial planning.

Montenegro reported double the number of tourists in June this year compared to last

According to Minister Djurovic, 86 percent of the tourist flow in the strong year 2019 was reached, when it comes to the number of tourists, and 87 percent when counting overnight stays.

He also cited data from the National Institute of Statistics, according to which more than 620,000 tourists were registered at collective accommodation sites in seven months, which was 78 percent more than the same period last year and 90 percent of the flow in the seven months of 2019, Djurovic specified.

The number of overnight stays for the same period represents 92 percent of overnight stays in the pre-pandemic year 2019.

tourism