TOURIST VISITS AND OVERSTAYING IN CANTON SARAJEVO

Abstract

The paper includes the monitoring of data on changes in registered tourist arrivals and overnight stays in the municipalities of Sarajevo Canton. Data were registered for the period from 2013 to 2021, based on which the trends of tourist movements were concluded. Tourist arrivals were also analyzed depending on the type of accommodation capacity. The structure of tourists was analyzed for the recent period, from 2019 to 2021. In addition to the analysis of the number of visits, an effort was made to offer answers to the motives for a tourist visit to Sarajevo as a destination.Tourist trends in Sarajevo are influenced by the motives of the tourist visit, among which cultural and historical characteristics stand out as the most significant.