FBiH Prime Minister Fadil Novali and Minister of Environment and Tourism Edita apologised the Tourism Development Strategy of the Federation of BiH for the period 2022 to 2027 on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
There are four priorities that are the development of tourist products, destination marketing, human resources, and the improvement of the stimulating environment for the development of sustainable tourism.
I would like to congratulate all the actors who participated in the creation of this strategy and I think that everyone did a good job. I want to congratulate the team from the FBiH Ministry of Environment and Tourism, as well as all partners at the level of the Federation and all cantons, as well as the USAID, tourism boards, cities, municipalities, and everyone who contributed to this project. Prime Minister Novali He said that the Tourism Development Strategy is an important link in the chain of tourism development, and is an important one for the continuation of support for tourism entrepreneurship in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
In the next year, we will allocate five million KM and seven million KM in 2024 for strengthening tourist potential and promotion of our destinations and attractions, according to Novali.
Today, the Minister of Environment and Tourism Edita apo emphasized that we celebrate the theme of Rethinking Tourism Day under the theme Rethinking Tourism, which corresponds to the situation in which tourism is at the moment, but also that it was most affected by the coronaviruses. Tourism was supported by different ways of the government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We supported tourism to move forward in this post-corona period and allocated 30 million KM for that. We looked at tourism differently now and we saw the advantages and disadvantages of these new technologies and communication because we learned a lot from the coronaviruses period. This is one of the items that we included in our FBiH Tourism Development Strategy, said apo.
She sees the development of tourist products as a priority in tourism, followed by human resources as one of the basic priorities because the most important resources in every branch, especially in tourism, are human resources.
Senad Halilovi, the president of the Association of Tourist Entrepreneurs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, said he expects to reach 1,800, 000 to 2,000, 000 overnight stays this year.
Since 1980, the World Tourism Day has been held under the auspices of the UN World Tourism Organization. This day is intended to strengthen awareness of the social, cultural, political, and economic values of tourism, and to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals.