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Figure 1: Physical map of Sarajevo Canton
(Source: L. Zunic- ArcGIS)

Figure 2: Location of Sarajevo and its connections with Europe
via corridor V
(Source: Strategies of the Pan-European Transport Corridors and
Transport Areas, 2002)

Table 6: Tourist arrivals in the Sarajevo Canton over the last
decade 2007-2017

Municipality:

2007 year

2012 year

2017 year

Stari Grad

24682

55193

123211

Centar/ Centre

41531

28800

99361

Novo Sarajevo

21651

40646

40044

Novi Grad

8158

16945

27072

Ilidza

57075

114947

173105

Vogosca

8225

6878

13503

Hadzici

1575

561

Ilijas

Trnovo

5871

3516

5637

Total

167193

318032

482494

(Source: Institute for planning development of Sarajevo Canton.
Prepared by Authors)

Table 7: Tourist overnight stays in Sarajevo Canton from 2007
to 2017 year

Municipality:

2007 year

2012 year

2017 year

Stari Grad

51143

116826

276346

Centar/ Centre

81940

55917

206368

Novo Sarajevo

38587

69052

81952

Novi Grad

16090

28443

40384

Ilidza

105950

206383

320148

Vogosca

21902

20627

26750

Hadzici

3619

1834

Ilijas

Trnovo

16110

10890

13590

Total

331772

511757

967372

(Source: Institute for planning development of Sarajevo Canton.
Prepared by Authors)

According to the governmental statistics (table 6 and 7),
Sarajevo destination has a positive tourism growth over the last
decade (2007-2017). There was evident a threefold increase in
the number of arrivals from 167193 in 2012 year to 482494 in
2017 year, and in the number of overnight stays as well- from
331772 (2012) to 967372 (2017). Municipality Ilidza, which is
also the main hydrogeothermal region at Sarajevo and Bosnia
and Herzegovina, has the dominant participation in a tourism
growth. Ilidza had also an increase in tourist arrivals and
overnight stays by three times, while its share in both categories
reaches 33.1-35.9%. International make 89.3% of total overnight
stays in the destination. According to the Tourism Association of
Sarajevo Canton, Sarajevo had more then 1 million overnight
stays in the last year (2018: 1.021.452), while the majority of
tourists came from Turkey, Croatia, China, U.A.E., Slovenia,
Saudi Arabia, Germany, Serbia, USA and Italy. Ilidza, right after
the Stari Grad (21.8%), has the highest growth rate in
accommodation (number of beds) 19.9% (Tourism of the
Sarajevo Canton, Institute for planning development, 2018). The
study of Sarajevo tourism (Zunic, 2018) showed that Ilidza
experiences a tourist blooming particulary because of the
superior and luxurious hotels with spa programs based on
thermal waters, but for the other tourism attractiveness of that
area as well. Ilidza is a specific region of Sarajevo wealth in
ancient culture (e.g. Butmir neolit culture from the 5-th
millenum BC), while the first organized settlement “Aqua S.”
origins from Roman period (II cent.) in Bosnia and Herzegovina
was found in this region. Since then the thermal water have been
used for balneology purpose and it is nowdays one of the main
reason that many arrivals choose this location for their stay.
During informal interview, majority of tourists in Ilidza
expressed they preferred hotels there because of the spa and
medical program.

Table 8: Hotels with the Spa & Wellness Program at the region
of Ilidza-Sarajevo

Hotel, Spa Centre