Property tax in Republika Srpska: who pays, how much and by when
The owner of a house, guesthouse or land pays property tax at a rate set by the municipality or city, at most 0.20% of the assessed value. Cultivated land and buildings for your own farm production are exempt, and the house you live in gets a reduced tax base. It is paid in two instalments, by 30 June and by 30 September.
Off-season offers for rural guesthouses in East Herzegovina: autumn, winter, spring
Outside summer, the clearest reasons to visit East Herzegovina are the grape harvest and wine (confirm the harvest dates with the winemaker each year), woodcock hunting (1 August to the end of February), wild boar hunting and town events. Official statistics have no monthly figures, so hosts should plan from their own guest book.
Kalinovik municipality: farm subsidies from the municipal budget
Kalinovik's 2026 budget plans 170,000 KM for farm incentives and 36,000 KM for the veterinary clinic. On 24.06.2026 the Assembly adopted a Programme with 11 purposes. Amounts and deadlines are set in a rulebook issued by the mayor. The 2026 rulebook was not published by 7.10.2026, so the 2025 amounts are given, such as the milk premium of 0.15 KM per litre.
Tourism organisations in East Herzegovina: who they are and how to contact them
The Tourism Organisation of Republika Srpska (TORS) presents destinations at tourism fairs. Local tourism organisations work in Trebinje, Bileća, Gacko, Nevesinje and Kalinovik. We found no official procedure for getting listed, so send your local organisation a description with photos, and this autumn ask which fairs it plans for 2027.
Brown tourist road signs for a farm or guesthouse in RS: who applies and approves
An individual host does not apply for a brown sign. The tourist organisation of the area applies, and the competent ministry or the road manager approves. On main and regional roads the manager is JP "Putevi Republike Srpske", on local roads the municipality. The rulebook is written for registered attractions, so a single farm or guesthouse usually does not qualify alone.
Insurance for a farm or guesthouse offering activities: the law and what to ask
The Republika Srpska Law on Tourism (no. 49/2026) requires companies and sole traders who commercially offer the sports and recreation activities in Article 57 to insure guests against accidents. A rural household with rooms has no such duty, but it is liable for harm to guests under the Law on Obligations, so a liability policy is a sensible choice.
Importing a tractor or equipment into BiH: customs duty, VAT, origin and who files
When you import equipment from the EU or Serbia, you pay customs duty under the tariff and 17% VAT. No duty is charged on industrial goods originating in the EU or a CEFTA country with proof of origin, and some equipment can be exempted. VAT is usually still due, except on equipment of a business moving to BiH from abroad. The importer or a customs representative files the declaration.
Katuns and sir iz mijeha: summer grazing and the food rules
Katuns on Zelengora and Morine are still used in summer, and a visit to a herd must be agreed in advance. Transhumance is on UNESCO's list as an element of ten European countries, not BiH. Sir iz mijeha is not a protected designation of origin in BiH, while Gatački kajmak iz mješine is. A host who serves or sells the cheese must follow registration and hygiene rules.
Gatačko polje, Lebršnik and the waters of Gacko: a watershed between two seas and kajmak matured in a skin
Gatačko polje lies at 920 to 960 m and is drained by the sinking Mušnica, the headwater of the Trebišnjica. Part of it drains underground to the Black Sea, the rest to the Adriatic. "Gatački kajmak iz mješine" has been a protected designation of origin since 2024 and is made from 1 May to 1 November, and at the end of February the Tourist Organisation of Gacko holds the "Svi na snijeg" event on Čemerno.
Karst of East Herzegovina: polje, ponor, estavelle and spring in local examples
Polje, ponor, estavelle, spring, doline and sinking river are explained with examples from Gacko, Nevesinje, Bileća, Berkovići and Popovo polje. The Trebišnjica hydropower system lined the riverbed through Popovo polje with concrete and changed the water regime. The Dabar hydropower plant, announced for 2028, carries water from Nevesinjsko polje into Dabarsko polje and on towards Bileća lake.
Nevesinjsko polje, the Zalomka and Morine: a karst polje, a sinking river and summer katuns
Nevesinjsko polje is one of the largest karst poljes in BiH, with about 18,000 ha of arable land. In summer the Zalomka flows underground for most of its course, and the Ovčiji brod bridge has been a national monument since 2018. The Pošćenje dam for the Dabar hydropower plant is being built on the polje, with the reservoir due to fill by the end of 2027, and Nevesinje potatoes and skin-matured cheese can be bought from producers on the platform.
Trebinje: the Arslanagić bridge, Tvrdoš, Leotar and the Trebišnjica
The Arslanagić bridge of 1574 was flooded in 1965 and rebuilt in the centre of Trebinje in 1972; according to the KONS decision it has been a national monument since 2006. Tvrdoš monastery is 4.5 km from town, and the tasting room of its cellar seats up to 150 people with advance booking. The Trebišnjica's surface course used to vary from 35 to 90 km, and Orjen Nature Park lies south of the river.
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