With two brand new housing units, 60 new hotels and full compliance with the pandemic protection measures, the capital of Serbia, Belgrade, is ready to welcome tourists during the festive season.
Belgrade as a destination for Christmas, New Year, City Break and Culture was presented at an event in Thessaloniki organized by the Belgrade Tourism Organization (TOB) and the Consulate General of Serbia in Thessaloniki, in cooperation with Tourism Plus.
Belgrade has 120 hotels, several thousand restaurants and cafes, 10,000 private accommodation. The measures and recommendations of the World Health Organization for the protection from Covid-19 are applied in all, stressed the Deputy Director of the Belgrade Tourism Organization, Slobodan Unkovic.
Noting that 60 new hotels and over 5,000 private accommodations have been built in the last four years, he made special reference to the completely new part of the Serbian capital, the Belgrade Waterfront, a monumental urban redevelopment project in the renovation of squares, gardens and gardens. in Belgrade’s cultural heritage.
During the Christmas and New Year period, a program of festive events has been prepared for the residents and visitors of the city, which will last from December 20 until January 13 (New Year with the old calendar), as he clarified.
The events will take place in parks, squares and cultural venues with the participation of clubs and choirs and admission will be free.
The New Year reception in Belgrade will take place with two musical events. In front of the Serbian Parliament, stars of the turbo-folk scene will take the stage and a concert with the world-famous composer and musician Goran Bregovic will take place on the city’s sidewalk.
“As Belgrade is embraced by two rivers, the Savoy and the Danube, we will welcome our guests with a warm embrace and they will have a beautiful and unforgettable time,” Mr Unkovic said.
In 2019 the Greeks were the nationality with the most overnight stays in Belgrade
In 2019, the number of nights spent by Greeks in the capital of Serbia was 100,000. Greeks were the nationality with the most overnight stays in Belgrade, according to Tourism Plus CEO Nikos Sapountzis. About one million tourists visited Greece in the same year, he added.
Greek-Serbian relations are traditionally friendly, dating back more than 150 years and contributing to the stability of the wider region, but there is certainly room for improvement, especially in the economic field, said the Serbian Consul in Thessaloniki, Jasmina Milacic.
Although more and more Greeks are visiting Belgrade and Serbia, the number of Serbs visiting Greece remains higher.
“In order to balance these figures, we need to define our relations more specifically,” he stressed.
The mayor of Thessaloniki, Konstantinos Zervas, referred to the recent conference of Balkan Cities in Istanbul, in which he participated, emphasizing that one of the issues discussed and co-decided was cooperation in the fields of culture, tourism and sports. “After the signing of the pact, I am very happy to see that we are here and we are implementing it,” said Mr. Zervas.
The mayor of Thessaloniki said that on the sidelines of the conference he discussed with the mayor of Belgrade, Zoran Radogicic, the prospects of cooperation between the two municipalities.
“The proportion of tourists coming from Serbia to our country may not correspond to the tourist flow from Greece to Serbia, but it is very difficult to find a resident of Thessaloniki and Northern Greece who has not visited even once. “Belgrade” said Alexandros Thanos, Head of Tourism of the Region of Central Macedonia, emphasizing that the wave of tourism can be further strengthened in Thessaloniki and the Region of Central Macedonia and that culture unites the two peoples and can create the basis for further development of relations. of the two countries.
Angela Varela, head of the EOT Office in Serbia, referred to the love that Serbs feel for everything Greek. “Greece is a favorite tourist destination for Serbs, not now, for many years. “It is worth every effort for the Greeks to return this love to the Serbs and to develop bilateral relations in tourism,” he said.
“2.5 years have passed, Covid-19 has separated us, but I hope that we will have positive developments and we will cooperate and be close again,” said Liliana Alaibegovic, director of Development, Promotion and Marketing programs of the Belgrade Tourism Organization.
“Belgrade has not slept for 2.5 years, we have acquired two fantastic housing units, ‘Belgrade on the Water’ and the renovated Savski Trg square, which are suitable for walking by the river,” he added.
The mayor of Kalamaria, Giannis Dardamanelis, and the director of the Museum of the city of Belgrade, Jelena Medakovic, addressed a greeting.
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