Editing Montenegro (section)

=== Tourism ===
{{main|Tourism in Montenegro}}

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A total of 2.1&nbsp;million visitors visited Montenegro in 2022 spending 12.4m nights there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arrivals and overnight stays, total |url=https://www.monstat.org/eng/novosti.php?id=3676#:~:text=Arrivals%20and%20overnight%20stays%2C%20total,and%2012%20428%20787%20overnights. |date=28 February 2023}}</ref> The majority of foreign visitors to Montenegro come from the neighbouring countries of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, as well as Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.monstat.org/userfiles/file/turizam/din2018/ukupno2017/Istra%C5%BEivanje%20o%20dolascima%20i%20no%C4%87enjima%20turista,%20ukupno%20-%202017(1).pdf|title=Foreign tourist arrivals and overnight stays by countries, 2017}}</ref>

The Montenegrin [[Adriatic]] coast is {{convert|295|km|abbr=on}} long, with {{convert|72|km|abbr=on}} of beaches and many well-preserved ancient towns. Some of the most popular beaches include [[Jaz Beach]], [[Budva|Mogren Beach]], [[Bečići|Bečići Beach]], [[Sveti Stefan|Sveti Stefan Beach]] and [[Velika Plaža]].<ref name="My Guide Montenegro">{{cite web| title=Best Beaches| website=My Guide Montenegro| url=https://www.myguidemontenegro.com/usefulinfo/best-beaches| access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, some of the most popular ancient towns include [[Herceg Novi]], [[Perast]], [[Kotor]], [[Budva]] and [[Ulcinj]].<ref name="My Guide Montenegro 2020">{{cite web| title=Old Towns in Montenegro| website=My Guide Montenegro| date=3 December 2020| url=https://www.myguidemontenegro.com/lists/old-towns-in-montenegro| access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

''[[National Geographic Traveler]]'' (edited once a decade) ranks Montenegro among the "50 Places of a Lifetime". Montenegrin seaside town [[Sveti Stefan]] was once used as the cover for the magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/09/50-places-of-a-lifetime-1.html|title=50 Places of a Lifetime|website=National Geographic|date=17 September 2009|access-date=11 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329113520/http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/09/50-places-of-a-lifetime-1.html|archive-date=29 March 2010}}</ref> The coast region of Montenegro was considered one of the great "discoveries" among world tourists. In January 2010, ''[[The New York Times]]'' ranked the Ulcinj South Coast region of Montenegro, including [[Velika Plaža]], [[Ada Bojana]], and the [[Hotel Mediteran]] of Ulcinj, among the "Top 31 Places to Go in 2010" as part of a worldwide ranking.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/travel/10places.html?pagewanted=2&ref=travel|title=The 31 Places to Go in 2010|work=The New York Times|date=7 January 2010|access-date=7 December 2012}}</ref>