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6.5 Tourism as the Solution for Poor Regions –<br />

the Example of the Region of Mostar <strong>in</strong> Bosnia and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Christian Kaufhold<br />

Short description of the approach<br />

In spr<strong>in</strong>g 2004, the <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Development</strong> and Employment<br />

Promotion Program <strong>in</strong> Bosnia and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a, implemented<br />

on behalf of BMZ and the Swiss Agency for<br />

<strong>Development</strong> and Cooperation (SDC – www.deza.ch),<br />

took on the component Promotion of Tourism as part of<br />

the BMZ commission. It had been preceded by a potential<br />

analysis, which identified the region <strong>in</strong> southern Bosnia<br />

and Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a border<strong>in</strong>g Croatia as the region with the<br />

greatest tourism development opportunities <strong>in</strong> the short<br />

and medium term.<br />

45° N<br />

N<br />

44° N<br />

43° N<br />

16° E<br />

I<br />

Croatia<br />

Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a-Neretva Canton<br />

Source: http://www.flag.de/FOTW/flags/ba.html (with changes)<br />

X<br />

Croatia<br />

Serbian Republic<br />

The Canton Herzegov<strong>in</strong>a-Neretva has a Mediterranean<br />

climate and landscape. The most important economic<br />

sectors are agriculture and food production, as well as the<br />

production of alum<strong>in</strong>um.<br />

Already dur<strong>in</strong>g the time of Yugoslavia, the region was a<br />

dest<strong>in</strong>ation for national and <strong>in</strong>ternational tourists. Mostar,<br />

its bridges destroyed dur<strong>in</strong>g the war <strong>in</strong> 1993 and now<br />

rebuilt, and its historic city center, which are UNESCO<br />

World Heritage Sites, are the most important tourist dest<strong>in</strong>ations<br />

<strong>in</strong> the region, above all for day trips from the<br />

18° E<br />

16° E 18° E<br />

VI<br />

Federation of Bosnia<br />

and Herzegow<strong>in</strong>a<br />

VIII<br />

VII<br />

IV<br />

IX<br />

II<br />

III<br />

Serbian<br />

Republic<br />

II<br />

District<br />

Brcko<br />

V<br />

Serbian<br />

Republic<br />

45° N<br />

44° N<br />

Serbia &<br />

Montenegro<br />

43° N<br />

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