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Ohrid and Struga crowded with tourists during the Republic Day holidays

This year during the Republic Day holidays in North Macedonia, Ohrid Lake's coastline is full of tourists. After the decline that lasted for two years, the presence of tourists from Poland, Netherlands, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Kosovo and other countries apart from domestic tourists is evident this year. The hotel's capacities are full, together with the private accommodation, the auto...

Justyna Mleczak: Tourism has an unbelievable power both to build and destroy

Justyna Mleczak
Justyna Mleczak is a tourist influencer from Poland, whose blog Do Macedonii offers a rare opportunity for Polish audiences to learn more about North Macedonia in their native language. She recently made another visit to the country in cooperation with European Union-supported Smart Toursim Enhancement Project (STEP). In this interview with Meta.mk she shares her experiences in organizing travel...

Foreign tourists most displeased by North Macedonia’s roads and lack of hygiene at the public spaces

The foreign visitors are most displeased by the road network and the cleanliness of the public spaces in North Macedonia. This is the overall response by most of the guests from abroad that were queried last year at the country's border crossings. They gave the highest score for people's friendliness and to the archaeological and historical resources of North...

The coronavirus crisis hits Macedonian tourism hard, in May there was a loss of 100.000 tourists

Macedonian tourism is suffering losses in millions of euros as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit North Macedonia. In May 2020, the number of tourists has decreased by almost 100.000 guests compared to the same period last year, show the data provided by the State Statistics Bureau (SSB). Unlike last year, when during May there were 98.998...

Survey: Most of the young people will either skip the vacation this summer or will head for Lake Ohrid

The young people in North Macedonia have different plans for their summer vacation in the forthcoming period, showed the survey that was carried out by the @studentarijamk Instagram profile. The questions were posted online on 5 and 6th of July, and 3.129 respondents replied. When asked whether they plan a summer vacation during the next three months, 51.8 % of...

“Creating a common future” is an event that will be held in Ohrid to achieve greater cooperation with Albania

“Creating a common future” is the slogan of the upcoming cross-border event, that will last throughout the day. It will be held on the 10th of July in Ohrid, in the organization of nine projects implemented from 30 civil society organizations, beneficiaries of grants from the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Albania- North Macedonia, financed by the European Union. The total...

Greece supports Macedonia in joining the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative

Greece supports Macedonia's bid to join the Adriatic-Ionian Initiative, reported the Macedonian Information Agency (MIA). “Greek Deputy Foreign Minister George Karahalios, in a letter to the European Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn and Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Crețu, announced Greece's intention to support FYROM's bid in the framework of the European Union Strategy for the Adriatic (EUSAIR)”,...

Bekteshi and Plomp discussed economic cooperation between Macedonia and the Netherlands

Today, the Minister for Economy, Kreshnik Bekteshi met with the Dutch Ambassador, Wouter Plomp, where they discussed topics such as tourism, agriculture and investments in renewable energy sources. Bekteshi said that agriculture and investments in renewable energy are two branches of the economy, which are very important to the country, so exchanging experiences with the Netherlands would be of great...

Ambassador Plomp tweets photo of a billboard in the Hague advertising vacations in Ohrid

Dutch Ambassador, Wouter Plomp on his "Twitter" account shared an image of an advertisement for tourism in Macedonia on billboards in the Netherlands. "Seen in the Netherlands (from the train TheHague - Leiden) holiday destination #Macedonia #Ohrid", wrote Ambassador Plomp on "Twitter". On the ad, Ohrid is shown and it says that Dutch tourists can get an eight day holiday for...

Last year, Macedonia and a half went to Greece, and spent a fortune and a half

According to recent published figures by the Hellenic Statistical Authority, last year in Greece there were 2.7 million visitors from Macedonia. That is an increase of 26.1 percent from 2014, or approximately 600,000 visits. In the period from January to September 2015, 2,712,295 visitors entered Greece from Macedonia compared to the 2,151,751 visitors in 2014. The majority of Macedonian visitors who...

Thomas Cook – World’s oldest tour operator visits Macedonia

Representatives of the biggest and oldest tour operator in the world, the Thomas Cook Group, from England, are visiting Macedonia starting today, came an announcement from the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism (APPT). The Agency will organize meetings with Macedonian tour operators, hotels, associations, and chambers for tourism. The representatives will visit Ohrid where they will get a...