Publication Name

Tourism

Albania, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro have

developed active tourism strategies, while Kosovo

has a draft document. The previous tourism strategy

for FYR Macedonia, valid until 2014, has not been

updated, although the country does have a strategy

for Rural Tourism Development. BiH has strategies

for development of the tourism sector at the entity

level only (the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

and the Republika Srpska).

Although many studies indicate that the tourism

sector in the Western Balkans is highly vulnerable

to climate change, such issues are generally not

considered in tourism policy documents, and

the goals and measures related to climate change

adaptation are not present in any of the existing

tourism strategies. Nevertheless, climate change is

being slowly integrated into the decision-making

activities of a range of tourism stakeholders, while

some strategies recognize climate as a limiting factor

for tourism development (in Montenegro, Republika

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TOURISM

Albania

Croatia

FYR

Macedonia

Montenegro

Serbia

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Kosovo*

Regional

(Joint responses)

Bosnia

and Herzegovina

*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/99 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.

Republika

Srpska

Policy Evaluation Matrix

Mainstreaming

of adaptation

goals and targets

Adaptation

targets

Availability of

implementation

tools

Mountain

adaptation

considerations

Regional/transboundary

adaptation considerations

Monitoring

and Evaluation

Participation

Gender

issues

1- low or not considered at all

2- low or mentioned at least

3- somewhat integrated/present

4- high or fully integrated

Srpska and FYR Macedonia). For instance, the

strategies of Montenegro and the Republika Srpska

entity of BiH recognize the importance of mountain

tourism, which would suffer especially from a

shortened skiing season, and therefore propose

using artificial snow. The previous FYR Macedonian

tourism strategy stressed the importance of climate

considerations in future strategies and plans for

tourism development. Even though FYR Macedonia

does not have a current tourism strategy, tourism

Mostar old town, Bosnia and Herzegovina