Tourism Organisation of Herceg Novi

Herceg Novi is a coastal town in Montenegro, located at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen, the highest mountain of the Coastal Dinarides (1895 meters above the sea level). This is the medieval, westernmost city of the Montenegrin coast with impressive Old Town and city walls. The very important advantage of the city is its geographic location and climate conditions that enable the summer season lasts five months in a year. Due to the mild Mediterranean climate and over 200 sunny days a year, Herceg Novi is a very competitive destination on the tourism market – it is traditionally very popular summer destination.

Besides the beautiful beaches, the city has wonderful natural conditions for the development of mountain tourism. Nature Park Orjen offers programs for discovering the beauties of nature, mountain biking, hiking, walking, bird watcing, exploring, and other activities in the warmer part of the year. The hinterland of the town, the Mount Orjen as well as the Lustica peninsula, are ideal for an active vacation, and the city center itself abounds in impressive fortresses, towers and squares.

Herceg Novi is the city with interesting history and tradition of sea faring. The Adriatic Sea is a natural basis for the development of nautical tourism. The main advantages due to which tourists choose this charming city as a tourist destination, are clean, turquoise blue sea and neat beaches, active tourism, cultural tourism, events and traditional manifestations, peaceful environment, low costs of visit and food experience. Herceg Novi has a potential to be build as a town that is convenient and suitable for children and families.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL

EVENTS AND ATTRACTIONS

The main goal of the International Children’s Carnival project is to promote Herceg Novi’s cultural and tourist offer in the pre-season, precisely the month of May. This carnival is a traditional manifestation that last 13 years and during this period it became one of the most significant child manifestations. Due to its importance and character, it is an unavoidable item in the calendar of proven cultural events that bring together the youngest population.

The carnival lasts 4 days and it starts with the child “leader” that receives the keys from the city and put the flag on the main Tower of the city. There is a dance and song in the main square with the clowns and stills walkers. The next day is a little bit formally since the mayor and municipality representatives have speeches and open the ceremony while the child leader pick its princess that will together lead the parade the next day. The grand parade is happening the third day where all children’s group participate with their costumes and choreographies. The last day is reserved for a Bay of Kotor tour with the guide for all the carnival participants.

The event is important from a tourist perspective because it attracts tourists (those with children from preschool to high school age) in the pre-season, which affects the extension of an extremely short tourist season. Also, Herceg Novi is the only city in the region with this type of offer so it has all prerequisite to become child friendly destination.

As for our long-term goals and benefits for the city itself from this carnival, every year for participation in the grand parade there are increasing number of requests from organizations from abroad, as well as large number of visitors that are coming from outside our municipality and country. All the guests participating in the carnival have become satisfied promoters of our city in their communities and will gladly come again whenever the opportunity arises.

The Children’s Carnival is a unique event in the region, so it highlights Herceg Novi as a favourable destination for family tourism and greatly contributes to the pre-season offer of the city.

The direct target group are the children participating in the carnival, and thus their parents and relatives who come as viewers, as well as the “ordinary” audience that this kind of program is extremely interesting. Last year, in the four days of the carnival, there were about 1500 children participants and about 8ooo people in the audience.

IMPLEMENTED PILOT ACTIVITIES

WONDER PROJECT

The dilapidated children’s playground in the central city park (St. Leopold’s Park), in the immediate vicinity of the Old Town of Herceg Novi, has been reconstructed. One piece of equipment containing several elements is built in, for better use of space. Little ones from Herceg-Novi and their guests got their own outdoor space that contains two swings, climbing net and rock, slide, and play house that connects all the elements. Playground floor is protected by a safety pad that will mitigate the consequences of a possible fall. Devices are made of resistant wood, integrated into the environment and specialized for use in public areas. The playground is also suitable for children with disabilities.

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