Financial Times
12 July 2005

Drive south from Podgorica, the sleepy Montenegrin capital, and within minutes you plunge into a gorgeous landscape of strange mountain peaks, blue-green lakes blanketed with lily pads, medieval ruins and Eastern Orthodox monasteries. With its spectacular vistas and quiet villages, the Lake Skadar region just outside the capital has immense tourism potential in its own right. ...read more

Tech Central Station
22 Nov 2004

The success of small countries with free economies is not a new phenomenon. Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg and Switzerland always come at or near the top of indices of economic freedom and are all very wealthy. Indeed, on a per capita basis, 9 of the 10 wealthiest countries have a population smaller than eight million (the only exception is the United States). Recently Ireland, Iceland and Estonia have been added to the list of fast growing small countries. ...read more

IC the Wharf
30 August 2004

AN OLD Montenegran expression which continues to go down rather well with the friendly and approachable locals is, "Rest during the day so you can sleep in bliss at night". ...read more

Los Angeles Times
2 October 2005

Montenegro may lack polish, but its setting and prices make a trip to the Balkans worth it. In Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," a young woman finds herself shipwrecked on a strange coast. "What country, friends, is this?" she asks. ...read more

The New York Times
15 May 2005

I catch the last flight from Zagreb, Croatia, to Dubrovnik, flying over the Dalmatian coast as the sun lowers in the sky. I arrive at teatime and drive south down a pine-scented road. A short while later, a man in a funny old-fashioned uniform takes my passport, smiles and waves me over the Montenegrin border. I cross the line between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, the West and the East. This is Crna Gora, Black Mountain, the little sister of Serbia in the former Yugoslavia. I go there for a visit to my old friend and mentor, Dessa Trevisan. ...read more

CNN
29 Dec 2005

Montenegro, also on the Adriatic, tops the list of Travel + Leisure's up-and-coming destinations for 2006. The magazine recommends the small country for its "untouched white sands and time-capsule medieval villages." ...read more

Southeast European Times
10 October 2005

Whether because of aggressive marking, a better-prepared season or burgeoning interest in alternative holiday spots, Montenegro was a destination of choice for domestic and foreign vacationers alike. The number of tourists during the first eight months of this year grew by 16.8 per cent compared to the same period last year, with a 30 per cent spike in revenues. The republic welcomed 49.7 per cent more foreign visitors than in 2004, and had more and better facilities to offer them. While unregistered tourism remains high, the government is taking steps to bring more visitors and accommodation sites into the system. ...read more

The Scotsman
1 November 2004

"IF YOU IRONED MONTENEGRO, it would be as big as Russia," says Diki Kazamebra, one of a new breed of entrepreneurs trying to build a tourist industry in the tiny former Yugoslav Republic. ...read more

Coming Soon: The Next Small Thing?
March 26, 2006

As I aimlessly wandered the narrow alleys of Kotor -- the medieval-walled, UNESCO-protected town has no street names -- a shirtless man, beer in hand, did a double take when he saw me. "You like?" he asked, pointing down to the cobblestones. Though I was slightly bewildered on my first afternoon in Montenegro, I did like it.  A lot.