Infrastructure and Tourism Development Concrete Projects and Opportunities

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Infrastructure and Tourism Development Concrete
Projects and Opportunities
REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIAMINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY

• Marjan Hribar, M.Sc.
• Director General
• Directorate for tourism
• Ohrid, April 20-21, 2007

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Slovenian experiences
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• Examples
• Bled, Bohinj etc. world known destinations
• Other less known and still undiscovered
  destinations but good developed and with
  excellent services
• European tourist trends and Slovenia
• Development Plan and Policies of Slovene Tourism
  2007-2011
• Strategic objectives (quantitative and
  qualitative)
• Policies / measures / activities
• Strategic goals of Slovene tourism main
  directions
• Guidelines
• Slovenian experiences and Macedonia

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Directions, opinions,Value for Macedonia
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• The infrastructure (hotels, roads,) in the
  strategic tourist destinations in Macedonia
• The moment of true
• Story to attract the tourists
• AIDA awareness, interest, desire, attention
• Cultural and historical sites . What to do
• to make them atractive?
• Promotion of Macedonia
• (in the neighbourhood and worldwide)

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Development of the tourist products
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• Mountain tourism in Macedonia
• (vs. Slovenian experiences and world trends)
• Dojran Lake / after the catastrophic ecological
  phenomenon / and ater return in the previous
  condition
• Prespa Lake
• National Park Pelister

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Eco tourism
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• Experiences in Slovenia (raising the awareness,
  EU flower and other standards, )
• Sustainability
• follow the UNWTO guidelines

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Macedonia tourist destinations for the
tourists from Slovenia
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• 2006 8.000 arrivals, 18.000 overnight stays
• 2006/2005 arrivals index 94
• overnight stays 102
• 2007/2006 (jan-feb)
• arrivals 135
• overnight stays 156
• Macedonia as tourist country?
• Macedonia as tourist country for Slovenian?
• Investments in Macedonia - tourism?

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