Bosnia together with Herzegovina has instruct an emerging tourist finish inwards recent years alongside an average 10% growth inwards arrivals together with overnight stays since 2010. Sarajevo is the principal driver of ascent tourism rates equally its annual growth is approximately 4 per centum points higher than the country’s benchmark. Largest discover of tourist arrivals inwards Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina comes from unusual tourists, alongside 70% of full arrivals. Neighboring countries: Croatia, Serbia together with Slovenia together held 18% marketplace percentage inwards 2016.
In recent 4 years, Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina has instruct an attractive marketplace for tourists from Middle East countries, Republic of Korea together with Red People's Republic of China which achieved 100+% twelvemonth on twelvemonth tourists arrivals growth. Tourism together with airline manufacture croak paw inwards hand, equally is the instance alongside the Bosnian market, substantial discover of airlines started flying to Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina inwards past times ii years stimulating tourism together with hospitality sector. The largest increment inwards operated flights together with passengers carried has been recorded to Arabian Peninsula countries. Currently Sarajevo is connected alongside Dubai, Sharjah, State of Kuwait City, Doha together with Riyadh. Most of the flights are summertime seasonal, but twelvemonth afterward twelvemonth flights are increasing alongside flavor extending into fall. For summertime 2018 Flydubai volition kickoff daily flights to Sarajevo from March 25. 2018, increasing flights to 3 daily inwards peak summertime months. Newcomer at Sarajevo Airport Qatar Airways, volition most probable increment its service from Doha to daily, spell inwards close time to come State of Kuwait Airways volition innovate Kuwait-Sarajevo flights equally well. It is too really probable that Emirates volition launch Dubai-Sarajevo flights inwards close future.
With Sarajevo Airport expansion together with investments inwards edifice 4 together with 5 star hotels together with resorts, nosotros volition run across to a greater extent than airlines operating flights to Sarajevo, roofing under-served markets such as: Amsterdam, Paris, Brussels, Moscow, London, Rome, Frankfurt etc... In coming years, nosotros tin forcefulness out facial expression to a greater extent than low-cost airlines starting flights to Bosnia together with Herzegovina, peculiarly to Mostar.
Within the final calendar month the mayors of Sarajevo, Belgrade together with Beijing held talks inwards Belgrade most possible straight flights from Red People's Republic of China to Sarajevo via Belgrade. Currently Hainan Airlines operates ii weekly flights from Beijing to Belgrade via Prague. Initiative past times the urban amount mayors is for the flights to function via Belgrade to Sarajevo instead of Prague. Flights would cater to a substantial discover of Chinese tourist visiting the region. Major footstep inwards that direction was made past times the authorities of Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina together with Red People's Republic of China past times abolish visas for its citizens from Jan 01. 2018.
Bosnia together with Herzegovina tourist numbers (January-September 2017)
In the menstruation Jan - September 2017, Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina was visited past times 1.025.975 tourists, representing an increment of 13,7% compared to the same fourth dimension of final year. Total of 2.136.036 overnight stays were recorded, which is 12,6% to a greater extent than than inwards the same menstruation of 2016. First nine months of the twelvemonth Republic of Bosnia together with Herzegovina was visited past times 743.478 unusual tourists, representing an increment of 18,1%. Foreign tourists made 1.555.832 overnight stays, an increment of 16,1%. Notable increment of tourists has been recorded from: State of Israel 7.161 (increase of 316,7%), Kingdom of Belgium 5.183 (increase of 61,1%), Canada 5.258 (increase of 40,3%) together with Russian Federation 4.328 (increase of 35,2%).
By the length of remain of unusual visitors to Bosnia together with Herzegovina, tourists from Republic of Malta remain the longest alongside an average remain of 6,1 nights, State of Kuwait alongside 3,7 nights, Republic of Ireland alongside 3,5 nights, Qatar alongside 3,4 nights, French Republic together with Islamic Republic of Iran alongside 3,2 nights, Romania alongside 3,1 nights together with United Arab Emirates alongside 3,0 nights.
Bosnia ans Herzegovina tourist arrivals (Jan-Sep 2017)
Source:Flying Bosnian together with Agency for statistics of Bosnia together with Herzegovina