(11 Aug 2025)
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Jahorina, Bosnia-Herzegovina – 2 August 2025
1. Running ski lifts, views of the Mt. Jahorina range
2. Various of people walking amid windy conditions
3. Quad bike tour
4. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Vasilije Knezevic, quad tours leader:
“The summer season is going really well because of the added attractions. The ski season was bleak because of the shortage of snow but, so far, we are having a fabulous summer.”
5. Pedalo on lake
6. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milena Ceremidzic, spokesperson for Jahorina mountain resort:
“People are increasingly choosing mountains as their summertime getaway probably because mountain temperatures are up to 10 degrees lower (than along the seaside and in cities), mountain air is fresher and easier to breathe, and also, here in Jahorina, we offer more than 20 different attractions for the enjoyment of our visitors.”
7. Various of groups of people walking around the slopes of Mt. Jahorina
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Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina – 6 August 2025
8. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Haris Fazlagic, Sarajevo tourism board president:
“We used to rely on snow, but there is no escaping the fact that snow is now likely to fall and accumulate at altitudes above 2,00 to 2,500 meters (6,500-8,200 ft) and our mountains are simply not that high. In Bjelasnica, for example, every winter we are unsure if there will be enough snow or not (for snow sports).”
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Jahorina, Bosnia-Herzegovina – 2 August 2025
9. Various of visitors walking around artificial lake built to store water for the mountain’s winter-time
STORYLINE:
A short drive from the Mediterranean coast, mid-altitude mountain resorts near Sarajevo — traditionally dependent on snow sports — are slowly but steadily pivoting to attract summertime tourists.
Despite Bosnia’s notoriously poor record-keeping, tourism officials in the mountainous Balkan country of 3.3 million say a clear trend is emerging.
“We used to rely on snow, but there is no escaping the fact that snow is now likely to fall and accumulate at altitudes above 2,500 meters (about 8,000 feet) and our mountains are simply not that high,” said Haris Fazlagic, the Sarajevo tourism board president.
Fazlagic believes that by expanding their summer offerings, mountain resorts can lure tourists away from the scorching heat and high costs of traditional seaside vacations along the Adriatic coast of Croatia and Montenegro.
He said increasing the area’s year-round appeal is “the future of tourism,” but acknowledged it’s a long-term strategy.
In 2017, after several winters with little snow, the Jahorina and Bjelasnica mountains near Sarajevo began to expand the range of activities available during the summer months.
These mountains, which hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, have elevations of 1,906 meters (6,253 feet) and 2,067 meters (6,781 feet), respectively.
They now operate ski lifts year-round for scenic views and are steadily adding new hiking, biking and ATV trails and tours.
“The weather here is fantastic — it’s not hot at all," said Dusko Kurtovic, a visitor from the Bosnian town of Doboj, while on a walk during a short vacation in Jahorina last week.
Like other visitors exploring the forest trails and riding ski lifts around Sarajevo, Kurtovic was dressed for balmy summer weather, where temperatures typically stay between 24 and 30 degrees Celsius (75-86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Vasilije Knezevic, who leads quad tours of Jahorina’s highest peaks, noted that while the ski season was “bleak” because of the snow shortage, they are “having a fabulous summer so far.”
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