GENERAL INFO FOR FYR OF MACEDONIA
Area: 25.713 km2 * Population: 2.071.710 inhabitants * Capital: Skopje * International Airports: Skopje and Ohrid * International country code: +389 * Currency: Denar * Time zone: GMT + 1
Macedonia is one of the destinations in Europe which is perfect for congress tourism. Skopje and Ohrid are the two most attractive cities for this purpose, since they are easily reachable from any city in Europe, and both have an airport nearby. The services offered in Macedonia for this type of tourism cost only a fraction of what large scale events cost to be organized in the established Western European centers.
The rich cultural heritage, people’s hospitality, and the modern hotels and multipurpose business facilities make Macedonia an attractive yet accessible destination for congress tourism. The vicinity of the sites of interest and attractions is relatively small so that any large events organized in the larger cities can be enriched with tours, trips and picnics to attractive locations such as Kokino, an ancient observatory, wine tours or cultural and historical visits so Heraclea, Ohrid or Cocev Kamen.
In Skopje, the capital of Republic of Macedonia, there are five hotels that are categorized with 5 stars and over 400 rooms, other five hotels with over 200 rooms are categorized with four stars and five hotels are categorized with 3 stars with over 120 rooms. The total number of rooms is 1126 with 2000 beds.
They offer conference facilities equipped with the latest conference equipment. The Multi Business Center, located at the Skopje Fair also offers excellent capacities for any type of conference/ congress, including video beam, simultaneous interpretation and more.
Skopje also offers alternative and attractive locations for large scale events. For example, the Universal Hall (capacity 1570), The Macedonian National Opera and Ballet (capacity 800), The Macedonian National Theatre (capacity 352), The Drama Theater (capacity 333) and the newly refurbished Metropolis Arena and the Skopje Fair, with a capacity of 3546 seats. The Metropolis Arena has an area of 4.300 m2 and excellent acoustics and the area is multifunctional. It offers a variety of options for organizing fairs, large corporate parties, international congresses, conventions, musical and sport events.
Ohrid is known to be the pearl of the Balkans and a UNESCO protected city. Ohrid is also an excellent place for value added tourism. This unique tourism destination is the perfect place to combine 5* congress facilities and service and the pleasure for the participants to take a stroll by the lake of city that has 70 00 years continuous life, and countless cultural and historical highlights. Total number of rooms: 1700 with 4000 beds.
Ohrid offers numerous entertainment options, which add value to congress tourism. The visitors are offered boat rides to the nearby places of interest, cultural and historical tours, many sport activities, crafts’ workshops, and vibrant nightlife.
Ohrid has hosted many important events, such as a NATO summit, Presidential Summit, numerous congresses and conventions, both national and international.
In Macedonia there are an increasing number of hotels that begin to prepare for hosting business meetings, such as the skiing center Mavrovo with capacity of 250 rooms and 600 beds and cities throughout Macedonia, like Bitola, Strumica and Gevgelija.
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Hotel Radika, Mavrovo, FYR of Macedonia 2010-05-18 14:40:27
Radika is situated on the truly premium location in the National Park of Mavrovo, on an elevated position, surrounded by a genuine forest overlooking the lake of Mavrovo. This is an inspiring location all year around, in the heart of the National park, just 90 km from the Skopje International Airport. Radika Resort is a premium location for providing balance between business and pleasure. At meetings and conferences, we strive to provide an environment that is stimulating, rewarding, well-organized, and affordable and at the same time giving you the opportunity to network informally with colleagues. Radika Resort offers 3 business and meeting rooms with a capacity from 20 to 60 people and a conference room with a 300 people capacity. Extra equipments that our capacities contain are: an LCD projector, a flip chart, a scanner, a printer and wireless internet. Simoultaneous Translation upon request..
Hotel Drim, Struga, Macedonia 2008-07-17 10:07:24
Hotel Drim is located at the beginning of the city quay, where the beautiful Ohrid Lake brings to life the river Drim, only 300m from the heart of the City of Poetry-Struga, 500m from the central bus station and 7km from Ohrid’s international Airport..
