Summer holidays

Annual vacations

20.August 2025 KS

Why are Serbs traveling less this year?

Price increases, political crisis and independence, all this has influenced that this year around ten percent of people from Serbia are flying less than last year

Old town in Budva

Budva

27.June 2025 Katarina Stevanović

Ban on music: How the Old Town in Budva became a quiet zone

In the heart of one of the liveliest resorts on the Montenegrin coast, within the ancient walls of Budva's Old Town, silence reigned. By the decision of the local government, music is banned from loudspeakers in the gardens of bars, and restaurateurs and cultural centers face the consequences - reduced business, quieter streets and guests who have nothing to offer.

A story from life

11.June 2025 Robert Shepherd

The accountant who bought a Ferrari

Sol Kerzner, the son of Russian Jews who moved to South Africa, decided one day that he wanted a new life. He became the owner of a chain of hotels, two of which are located in Montenegro

Postcard

07.May 2025. Robert Shepherd

Waiting for Frank Gehry's 100th birthday

Famed architect Frank Gehry, 96, is still waiting for the opening of his masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum Abu Dhabi, which has now been pushed back to 2026. Until then, if you're in the UAE capital, you can visit two other impressive buildings - the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the Louvre Abu Dhabi

Floods

05.May 2025. MLJ

1.800 tourists evacuated from Petra in Jordan

The Jordanian authorities have evacuated almost 1.800 tourists from the ancient site of Petra, which is in the expansion of a narrow canyon in the south of the country, due to a flash flood, Jordanian media reported.

Tourism

21.January 2025 B. B.

Are vouchers for vacations in Serbia being abolished?

The "My Serbia" association warns that the abolition of vacation vouchers in Serbia would seriously threaten the development of domestic tourism and lead to a drop in the income of caterers and hoteliers, "which would return us to the situation of ten years ago, when providing accommodation was a secondary activity."

Initiative

11.December 2024 S.Ć.

How to make Paracin become Corning

The two-day forum "Creative Glass" will present viable ways to make Paracin a tourist destination, similar to a small town in New York state - Corning

Tourism

07.November 2024 Sanja Zrnić

Utah is about to shut down due to debt

The National Association of Utah Travel Agencies could be shut down after 70 years due to blocked accounts and a debt of about 16 million dinars. Director of Juta, Aleksandar Seničić, tells "Vreme" that the help of the state, but also the political will, is necessary for the survival of such an association.

Tourism

17.October 2024 IN THE

Serbia wants to abolish Booking: Conflict between the state and accommodation rental platforms

The State of Serbia has announced the cancellation of the global Booking platform due to allegedly illegal business in tourism. On the other hand, the representatives of the online accommodation rental company shift the responsibility to the local owners of the apartments that are rented out, stating that it is ready to cooperate with the government authorities to solve this problem

Montenegro

22.August 2024 B. B.

Mamula Fortress: How a horrible torture camp became an exclusive five-star hotel?

More than 2.000 people, mostly children and women, were imprisoned in Mamula, a concentration camp of fascist Italy during the Second World War. That hotel now has five stars, 26 rooms, six suites, a holistic spa, well-being facilities such as a swimming pool and massage room, gyms, running tracks, three restaurants and four bars, but also a special place reserved for the historical- a memorial gallery that provides an overview of the rich and terrifying history of this locality