The tourist agency of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton and Bosnia’s Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Ministry are collecting documentation needed for including the southern village of Blagaj in the “Best Tourism Villages” initiative of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).

Blagaj is known for its many cultural, historical, and tourist attractions.

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“Launched in 2021, Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO promotes and enhances the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity, knowledge systems, and local values and activities, including gastronomy. At the same time, the initiative also promotes transformative approaches to the development of tourism in rural destinations that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals,” the UNWTO website says.

Blagaj, which is mostly known for the Blagaj Tekija, a monastery built for the Dervish in the 1520s, is also the location of the medieval town of Duke Stjepan Kosaca which attracts many visitors, as well as the old mosque, Orthodox and Catholic churches and numerous natural attractions of this region.