As a country that has a
moderate continental climatic conditions, with
cold winters and hot summers, and the relief characteristics which are labelled with mountains and high elevated debris fields, and many pastures and meadows on high altitudes, Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state which recognised a possibility for the development of the winter tourism on its territory.
Most of the ski resorts is situated in the central part of the state and in the east and south-east part. Here is where are situated the
mountain massifs of dinaric origin which are
propitious for the development of the winter tourism and so far the ski resorts.
The
most known ski resorts are
situated near the big towns: Sarajevo (Jahorina, Bjelasnica and Igman),
Mostar (Kupres) and
Travnik e Zelenica (Vlasic). The
most popular ones are those in the
near surroundings of Sarajevo- Jahorina, Bkjelasnica and Igman which become famous because the
Winter Olympic Games in 1984. that were held
in Sarajevo.
The
ski paths don’t have a significant length but
their position and the nature that surrounds them, the
advantageous prices and the
kindness of the people are the reasons why the ski resorts in Bosnia increasing in popularity from year to year.
Except skiing there are few
alternative activities in offer: snowboarding, moto-sledge and snow scooter rides, night skiing, Nordic skiing, sledge rides and so.
On almost every ski resorts of Bosnia the
air is of high quality and has
healing proprieties. Considering that fact it is recommended the visit of those places to all those who have a problem with a respiratory tract, to the person who are recovering of some operation and to sportsman.
When winter is replaced with the
spring and the summer seasons the ski resorts are turning into
areas rich of green woods, pastures and meadows with numerous species from the
animal and the vegetative world, and becomes the scenery of many recreational activities.
Paragliding, hiking, walking tours, hunting, horse riding, motocross riding, educational trips and so on.
In the war years, ski resorts suffered a significant devastation, but in the last years the
existing infrastructure was renovated. The plan is to
build up some new accommodation and hospitality infrastructure that will satisfy all the demands of their guests. The accommodation units that are in offer are:
hotels, private houses, weekend houses, cottages, inns and motels.
The fresh air, the beautiful nature, good prices, friendly and kind hosts and the rich offer of recreational contents are the leading characteristics of the ski resorts in Bosnia which will surely become one of the most wanted destinations in this part of Europe.