Although tourism in the Federation of BiH records constant growth and becomes one of the key economic branches, this entity has no more than ten years have no unique law on tourism.
Pre-draft law, which should finally regulate this area, is expected only in October – is already clear that the cantons will continue to maintain broad autonomy, which leaves space for uneven regulations and legal insecurity in the millions that brings millions.
Sarajevo, Mostar, Bihać, Jajce, Travnik, Pocelj, Neum, Medjugorje, Tuzla are all municipalities and cities in the Federation, which has been greeting a large number of guests for years.
Guests are coming, most often in spring and summer months to enjoy the natural beauties of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
However, it is difficult to determine precise statistics how many guests stays, where they are located, as there is no roof law and that every canton, city and municipality dictates their rules.
Decade of no power of power
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2014. There is no law on tourism, given that the old law put the Constitutional Court of BiH out of force.
Although Nasiha Pozder, the Federal Minister of Environment and Tourism has announced in April that the FBiH Law will be “released” in May, that did not happen, the law has not yet.
The factor finds out that the Project Law on Tourism in FBiH should “Light of the day” in October, and that the problem with the cantons with the Croatian majority wishing more autonomy.
Although the Federation has been experiencing the expansion of tourism and this segment of the economy becomes the basic economic branch in the Federation of BiH, how things are, and citizens will wait a little longer at the FBiH level.
Problem with autonomy
Currently in the Federation of BiH, cantons and regulations are different from cantons to cantons in the Federation of Tourism and Regulations, so the rules are determined from cantons to cantons and you are never sure.
The Federal Minister of the Environment and Tourism of Nasih Pozder in April said that the development of tourism is in the focus of the authorities – and at the FBiH level and at the cantonal level.
It claims that this government has been reducing the amounts in the past two years in which the development of tourism in the FBiH, within the budget of the Ministry, which the FBiH’s Tourism Development Strategy was adopted by its predecessor.
She reminded the Minister that since 2014. The FBiH did not have a law on tourism because the text of the law passed by the Constitutional Court.
The inquiry of the factor from the Ministry of Environment and the Tourism of the FBiH said that in the framework of public consultations, many comments, suggestions and remarks received.
– They are all unformed to the extent that it can be done in this stage. Activities are currently being conducted on the preparation of documentation, financial assessment for the law, and will be addressed to mandatory opinions to the competent institutions, and then the Government of the Federation for Consideration and Adoption – the factor from this Ministry responded.
Development of tourism activities
They point out that the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism, as a Processor of the Law, will significantly contribute to the development of the system, better coordination, tourist product and the promotion of the expertise of tourism, and in the ultimately a better tourism product.
– The Draft Law on Tourism of the Federation of BiH with the proposed legal decision aims to contribute to the combating of gray economy and ensure better protection of customer agencies for the long-term period.
The draft law introduces new normative solutions in particular in particular the legal regulation of the legal position of tourist communities, as well as their divisions – levels of government on which they are organized the same. The new law should also assume the introduction of a better function of administrative supervision, licensing of individual teachers of tourist services, as well as imposing sanctions in case of non-compliance.
The proposed would be a result of the result in the form of real recording and collection of residence taxes approximately according to the real number of tourists visited by BiH and FBiH. This would achieve many greater financial discipline regarding the collection of other revenues in terms of recording the realized tax or other taxes depending on the annual operating entity (economic company, trade) – emphasize the factor from this Ministry.
Since it is Factor He had the opportunity to see the Preliminary Draw on Tourism in the FBiH, to notice that the cantons again “leave their hands studied to make their own ordinances.
