Masterplan Ulcinj - Ada Bojana

4.2 Infrastructure4.2.1 Traffic linksSafe traffic connections with destinations,comfort, speed and costs of traveling aredecisive factors for the success in tourism. Thearrangements of tour operators are decidedbased on them, as well as the round tourorganized tourism traveling. Effective trafficsystems are equally important for the marketingand the occupancy of capacities as the completetourism infrastructure and offer.Tourists from Northern and Middle Europe,traveling by their motor vehicles, arrive inMontenegro after long drive that takes 2 or 3hours, or even 4 days. Neckerman’s Cataloguefor 2003 for air passengers foreseen a veryoptimistic transfer of 2 hours from Tivat Airport toUlcinj. If they go by bus, the journey will takealmost 3 hours in intensive traffic weeks duringthe main season.Guests from Eastern Europe will always choosemotor vehicles because of the smaller distanceand because the arrivals and departures ofseveral persons are cheaper by car than byplane. Permanent availability of personal carsenables touring around the very place of visit,but has negative impact on ambient: traffic jam,crowded parking, “gray” parking, environmentpollution and endangering safety by exceedingspeed limits.During 80, consequences of cars coming forneighboring countries were present everywhereespecially in July and August, and, on the otherhand, big tour operators considered the distancebetween Tivat and Ulcinj’s Velika Plaza too big toencourage sandy beach potential development.Meanwhile, the solutions have appeared, suchas the reconstruction of roads and the linking ofPodgorica Airport with the seaside by SozinaTunnel.Only Sozina Tunnel will enable the ravel fromPodgorica to Ulcinj to be less than 2 hours.The future destination of Velika Plaza may usepreventive measure to avoid the negativeconsequemces of car traffic, at least withindevelopment area.Image 4.6: Traffic linksRailway traffic in Montenegro has small, marginalfunction for international tourism. Belgrade – Barrailroad, which was constructed in 1974 for thetourists from Serbia – especially for those fromthe broader area of Serbia capital city – may bealternative either for cars or for buses andespecially for the reason railroad along the RiverMorava leads through picturesque scenery,which also ca be considered as tourismattraction.On the other hand, the ferry line connectingMontenegro and Italy is more important. Thereare lines from Bar to Bari, Ancon and Dubrovnik,Putting modern ferry boats into function canshorten traveling time. At least for visitors fromItaly, and perhaps those ones from Switzerlandand Southern Germany, who want to reachMontenegro coast of Adriatic, the combination ofpassenger vehicles and ferry boats, or therailways to Bari and Ancon and the ferryboats, isthe alternative for long driving by car along thecoast.4.2.2 Energy and water supply, wasteelimination and wastewater purifyingGood telecommunications and efficient energyand water supply are necessary preconditions fortourism development. A big investor can hardlybe found nowadays if there is no, or therehaven’t been provided any infrastructure ofmodern quality – since they determine the qualityof locality and its image, in advance. That is whythe World Bank initiated the enhancement ofsouthern Anadolia beaches 20 years ago via aregional concept and development of completeinfrastructure. The costs were born by the WorldBank as well as the investors.