Tourism is one of the main strategic goals in the Programme for development of the South-East Planning Region, which has many tourist locations and opportunities for development of the tourism. Many tourists, who visit the region, stop to rest at the artificial lake Paljurci, which is located near the Municipality of Bogdanci.
The lake offers opportunities for recreation, there are conditions for picnics, mountain hiking, and also has historical significance. The area is named Paljurci after St. Paul, who came here to convey Christianity in Macedonia. Because of the significance of this place, the Roman Catholic Church built a church modeled after the Vatican church.
Through this project, the Municipality of Bogdanci will gain an amphitheater with 400 seats, which will facilitate the development of the tourism and will be a center of holding the existing, traditional cultural events in and around Municipality of Bogdanci like Bogdanci meetings, Christmas Eve Happening, May Day races on horses and donkeys, Bogdanci Summer Festival, and also for holding seminars, symposia, entertainment, theater, concerts, lectures etc.
Objectives of the project
- Providing space where traditional cultural events, seminars, symposiums, entertainment, theater, concerts, lectures will be held;
- Development of local and regional market area in which public groups will provide services of various nature,
depending on the needs of the market;
- Based on the climatic conditions in the South-Еast Planning Region is projected that the outdoor amphitheater will be used from March to November. This period is crucial for all activities that happen in the area;
- Increasing the economic development in the Municipality of Bogdanci through development of new businesses.
