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DESTINATIONS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | ESCORTED TOURS
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b
osnia is a book that most people only read a few pages of,
because they think they know the story.” This statement from our young guide Dino in Mostar leaves us a little nonplussed, until he continues: “They think Bosnia beginnings and ends with the war, but it has so much more to offer – if it’s a book, it’s one that’s filled with fantastic things. You just have to read on.” Dino is passionate about what his country has to offer international visitors more than two decades on from the end of that war, and his passion is echoed again and again by everyone I meet – particularly young people like Dino – on an unforgettable new Intrepid Travel tour of this hugely underappreciated, and hugely compelling, country. Working with USAID’s Developing Sustainable Tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Turizam) project and the Global Travel & Tourism Resilience Council, Intrepid has launched
the tour in the hope of sustainably regenerating the country and its fledgling tourist industry. Before Covid-19 took a harsh toll in 2019, it had the third-highest tourism growth rate in the world. The five-year $20 million
project aims to enhance the quality and diversity of tourism products and professionalise the sector’s workforce and businesses. This will hopefully help persuade the international visitors who currently spend just two days on average here to stay a little longer, supporting local ventures such as shops, restaurants, hotels and the whole tourism industry.
EIGHT-DAY TOUR Intrepid is the perfect partner for this endeavour, given its commitment to sustainable experience-rich travel, and its eight-day tour takes travellers into the very heart of Bosnia and Herzegovina – in every sense. Beginning in the capital, Sarajevo, it double-loops north and south to encompass not ²
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