The Balkans Conference on SMEs brought together representatives of companies from all over Europe, municipalities and government institutions of the Balkans countries, and represented an excellent opportunity for presenting investment opportunities. Interested potential investors had the opportunity to hear information about the business environment and investment projects, and meet with the comparative advantages of the Balkans countries.

The Director of FIPA informed on that occasion the companies’ representatives on advantages for investing that Bosnia and Herzegovina offers to investors and on available projects in the tourism sector, winter and mountain, health and spa, eco and adventure, marine, cultural and religious tourism, as well as on projects for building hotels in BiH.

Mr Milinić said that the tourism is an industry branch which is progressing, that BH is known for its natural beauties, winter sports, cultural heritage, architecture, gastronomy, and that in 2015 "Lonely Planet" ranked BiH at the 5^th place of countries to visit. According to the World Tourism Organization, Bosnia and Herzegovina is defined as one of the only three tourist destinations in the world with the overall growth potential of the tourism market at the rate of more than 10% per year by 2020.

The tourism sector has a huge potential for development and all prerequisites to play an important role in the economy of the country. Bosnia and Herzegovina constantly increased the number of tourists and tourism revenues.

Mr Milinić invited the audience to visit the FIPA, and Bosnia and Herzegovina and to see by yourself all possibilities for making profit in BiH and to hear positive experiences of existing foreign investors.

FIPA will provide all interested investors with full support in all phases of investment, starting from initial information about the projects, organization of meetings with relevant institutions, providing legal advice, as well as support after the investment implementation through the Aftercare Program.

Within the visit to Sofia, the Director Milinić also had a series of meetings with potential investors, both from Bulgaria and other countries participating in the conference. Investors have shown great interest not only for projects in the tourism sector, but also in other sectors such as energy, wood-processing, metal-processing and food production.

During all meetings in Bulgaria, the FIPA Director had the full support of the BiH Embassy in Sofia and the Ambassador H.E. Mr Radomir Bogdanović.