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others in arms this year, as they have become quiteold gentlemen by now.Unfortunately, the Yugoslav army liked Vis verymuch so they planned it to become a strategic positionand the first defense line against an imaginaryattack from the sea, constructing over thirty militarybuildings - including an underground hospital and arocket base - and close it for all foreign visitors.For foreigners Vis remained Terra Incognita until1989, a glitch on the map you could only look at froma distance, but the island became a curse for its inhabitantswho could only look with envy how the moneythey could be making on tourism was falling intosomebody else’s hands. The fact that the army simplyadored the island is proved by the fact that it tookthem over five months after the international recognitionof Croatian independency to finally leave onMay 30th 1992. One of the consequences of their stayis the number of only 4000 inhabitants compared tothe population high of 10000 during Austrian Hungarianrule. Back in those days there were as many asseven fish manufacturing factories in Komiža alonecompared to none today. The only proof the longfishing tradition and the “mother fish sardine” is theexceptional fishing museum.Vis is on a turning point today. Investors are approachingfrom all sides, big plans are being made,but nothing big has not happened yet, a fact whichcould eventually be an advantage as sensational restaurants,excellent wine and a number of touristattractions are proving to be a better bait than the“high class”.To explore the Blue Cave on Biševo, to swim in themagical waters and sunbathe on the sometimes hardto reach beaches of Vis, to dwell at the riches of thepast - the antic town of Issa, the monument to thosekilled in the battle of Vis, Tito’s cave - we would preferany of these over a look at monster buildings made ofconcrete. Naturally, you can not escape progress anddevelopment, but we hope there will be enough sensenot to turn “our Krondstadt”, a nickname given to Visduring the socialist era, to “our Palma de Mallorca”,destroyed by a tourist tsunami.Just let it be our Vis, that is its best quality.