Montenegro plans intensified joint inspections in eight areas during the 2026/2027 winter tourism season, with main checks scheduled from 30 December 2026 to 5 January 2027 and from 9 to 31 January 2027. The Action Plan for preparing and monitoring the season sets out coordinated checks by labour, tax, tourism and other inspectorates across the country.
All eight areas will be covered in the first period. In the second, continuous inspections will focus on four northern areas, while other municipalities may receive one-day mobile checks if risk assessments or incoming initiatives show they are needed. Inspections will take place on working and non-working days, including holidays.
Mobile teams will also conduct one-day joint inspections where needed during the pre-season, from 14 October to 29 December, and after the main part of the winter season, from 1 February 2027. The plan is intended to coordinate inspectors’ work before, during and after the season.
Inspection coverage
One or more teams will be assigned to each area during the main season, depending on inspection needs. A team based in Bar will cover Bar and Ulcinj, while a Budva-based team will cover Budva and Cetinje. Teams based in Tivat and Podgorica will cover Tivat, Kotor and Herceg Novi, and Podgorica, Tuzi and Danilovgrad, respectively.
In the north, the Žabljak team will cover Žabljak, Pljevlja, Plužine and Šavnik. Kolašin-based inspectors will cover Kolašin, Mojkovac and Bijelo Polje; the Berane team will cover Berane, Plav and Gusinje; and the Rožaje team will cover Rožaje and Petnjica. Continuous checks from 9 to 31 January 2027 will be organised in the Žabljak, Kolašin, Berane and Rožaje areas.
Joint teams will include labour, tax, sanitary, tourism and market inspectors, as well as food-safety inspectors. Health, agriculture, fisheries and veterinary inspectors may join depending on available administrative capacity. Construction, phytosanitary, metrology and environmental inspectors, along with inspectors for water, road transport, games of chance and maritime safety, may take part when needed.
Staffing and costs
The planned workload is two inspections per day for each assigned inspector. The first staffing shift will cover 30 December to 5 January and 9 to 17 January; the second will run from 18 to 31 January 2027.
The ministries and administrative bodies assigning inspectors must provide accommodation, two meals a day, per diems, any salary increase, official vehicles and fuel. Vehicles used during the main tourism season have an initial minimum monthly fuel allocation of 160 litres per vehicle, or a proportional amount for shorter assignments. Additional fuel will depend on actual needs and the planned inspection workload.
The responsible bodies will cover accommodation for inspectors working away from home when the distance to inspection sites, evening work or other justified circumstances make it necessary. The chair of the working group for preparing and monitoring the winter tourism season will coordinate implementation; the chair’s name is not specified.
Eight regional coordinators will organise inspectors’ work and track results. They will provide daily information on the number and type of inspections, irregularities found, measures taken and any difficulties. The working group will use the data to monitor implementation and may propose changes to team schedules or composition. After the inspections end, a consolidated report with results and recommendations for the next period will be prepared.
