Over 42 thousand people celebrated the New Year 2019 on the streets and squares of Montenegro

More than 42 thousand people met the New 2019 on the streets and squares in various cities of Montenegro, the National Tourism Organization (NTO) of Montenegro reported.

As reported, this year Montenegro reaffirmed the fact that it is one of the main tourist destinations of the Balkan region on the eve of the New Year thanks to the rich multi-day New Year entertainment programs and all kinds of concerts that take place on the main squares in the largest cities of Montenegro over the past two decades and attractive New Year offers for hotels, winter tourist centers and ski resorts.

"On New Year Eve, over 42,000 visitors, mainly from Montenegro and the Balkan countries, as well as from Russia, Ukraine and many European countries, rated the performances of the most popular local and regional music stars of various genres in Kotor, Herceg Novi, Tivat, Budva, Bar and Podgorica,” the statement says NTO Montenegro.

According to the estimates of the local tourism organization of Budva, a record number of visitors was registered in the city of Budva: more than 28 thousand people on New Year's Eve and more than 75 thousand guests visited Budva during five New Year holidays and nights.

Good attendance was also noted in other coastal cities and the capital of Montenegro, where various New Year programs were organized, which included a number of entertainment, cultural and sports events, as well as all sorts of performances, concerts and animation programs for children and adults, Christmas markets, ice rinks, daily classical music concerts and the like.

Winter tourist centers of Montenegro, primarily the ski resorts of Zabljak and Kolasin, are traditionally attractive on New Year Eve and on New Year holidays. This year, representatives of the Montenegrin ski centers also celebrate the maximum attendance of their resorts on New Year holidays.