Bascarsija among the most attractive tourist destinations

From year to year especially in the summer season, there is more and more tourists visiting BiH. Almost an indispensable part of each touristic route is a tour of Baščaršija, the old Sarajevo capital. Sarajevo Baščaršija was built in the 15th century when Isa-beg Ishaković founded the city. The main is the čaršija with many important historical objects.

Almost an indispensable part of each touristic route is a tour of Baščaršija, the old Sarajevo capital. In addition to architecture and gastronomy, visitors are attracted to the work of the craftsmen of Hansa, who are still guardians of tradition. One of them is in the heart of Baščaršija.

The Twelve Generations of the Jabucar Family with unique handicrafts testify to different times, people and life. Tourists recognize it. "The coffee mill is their attraction, they are accustomed to ready-made espresso coffee, and when we feel the aroma and explain to them that the beauty of coffee is a frieze, then it is far better", says Nasir Jabučar. Flooding of imported goods, predominantly from Turkey and China, makes craftsman work and survival, while preserving tradition. The biggest jewel ever made is Bosnian.

"Jézus can be found today in all actions, but there are still no pharmacies there." Interestingly, Jews are current because he entered the Ginis Book of Records, "Nasir notes. Traditionals of eschatological crafts are included in the non-material cultural heritage. And how do we deal with her best sense of craftsmanship. Authentic BH crafts are passed on from generation to generation and thanks to masters who are ready to train young people. Up to now, 14 students have learned all about clockwork mechanisms thanks to Izet Ždralović.

It is not enough just to educate, but to follow the trend to fit. Izet emphasizes that it is important for our people and foreigners to show the quality of manual work, who works and to whom to contact. Incorporating old trades into crafts and related activities is not enough to preserve them. "The federal ministry should direct resources and open the place where there is a qualified education," says Ždralović. The House of Crafts is a place that keeps the tradition of forgetting. Various workshops for elementary school final grade students and handicraft support positions are an enhancement of craftsmanship. And municipal power works in concrete terms.

"There should be additional subsidies to enable them to retain old trades because Sarajevo is famous for Old Town, no one likes neither skyscrapers nor glass towers," says Ibrahim Hadžibajrić, the mayor of Stari Grad Sarajevo. Setting up a tourist signaling and information board in English and Turkish what is being done these days.

"We are working towards the expansion of the Kovači tourist zone, and we need to go to renovate these streets to make it all a part of the bazaars, Saračije and Bravadžiluk," Hadžibajrić said. More than 100 years ago, the event that took place in the Old City influenced the course of history and the beginning of the First World War - the murder of the throne of Fr. Ferdinand and his wife Sofia. In one of the facilities of the Sarajevo Museum, the footprints of Gavrila Principa's footprints are kept. The setting devoted to the 40-year period of BiH in the Austro-Hungarian Empire contains more than 500 items. Among the most important parts of the tea service used by the emperor and the emperor before the assassination.

"One of the most significant projects in the Austro-Hungarian period is the east line from Sarajevo to Višegrad. Many of the buildings in Sarajevo have been made in Vienna or Budapest," the curator of the Sarajevo Museum Amer Šehović tells. The earlier site of the assassination is now one of the most visited tourist sites. Tourists come, we just have to keep them. "In the municipality of Stari Grad there are 68 cultural-historical national monuments of importance for BiH, and in the procedure there are 12 more, which will be altogether 80. These days can not be found for day and night," Hadzibajric concluded.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is very attractive for tourism. If not, the number of visitors would not increase. And if we enriched the content and adapted to their needs instead of the incoming stations on their travels, we would become the ultimate destination. In the Federation plus about the Relationships of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to history, Amra Hadžimuhamedović, professor of history and architecture and protection of the architectural heritage at the International University in Sarajevo, and the master of the historical sciences Amra Custo spoke.

• 18 Jun, 2017
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