BRIEF HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE HOTEL INDUSTRY IN BITOLA (On the occasion of 180 years since the first hotel in Bitola 1843)
Keywords:
an, caravanserai, hotels, hotel industry, Bitola, RN Macedonia
Abstract
The occasion for this work is 180 years since the first hotel in the city of Bitola, in 1843. The text is supported by selected photos and a table through which a brief historical development of the accommodation facilities in the city in the last two centuries. The purpose of the research is to determine the appearance of the first hotel, other accommodation facilities, their classification, the division by types and time periods.
The first accommodation facilities were caravanserais and anns. From the middle of the 19th century, the first hotels appeared, and later other types of accommodation facilities appeared in the city. The entire paper is presented chronologically through six periods and follows the development of the hotel industry in the city of Bitola. The research uses several sources, archival documents, scientific and professional papers, monographs, books and interviews.
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3. Dimitrov, Nikola & Veljanov, Trajan (2017) From anns to hotels, from bars to restaurants, Shtip (in Macedonian)
4. Najdov, Dimche (2014) Bitola through old postcards, Bitola (in Macedonian)
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8. Petrushevski, Ilija (1984) The Anovites and caravanserais in Macedonia, History, year XX, no. 2, Skopje (in Macedonian)
9. Report on the Bitola Pashalak of the French Vice-Consul in Bitola, Beleg de Buga from 1856, Edited and translated by Susana Stamboliska, State Archives of the Republic of Macedonia, Skopje, 2005. (in Macedonian)
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11. Matkovski, Aleksandar (1991) Macedonia in the works of foreign travel writers 1371 - 1777. - Misla, Skopje (in Macedonian)
12. Vishko, Ali (2007) Bitola and Bitola in the second half of the 19th century according to Ottoman and diplomatic sources, Iris, Skopje (in Macedonian)
13. Konstantinov, Hr. Miloš (1961), Crafts and guilds in Bitola and its surroundings, Bitola (in Macedonian)
14. Momidić-Petkova, Radmila (1993/94) Development of the Bitola bazaar (until World War II), Proceedings 4-5, Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments and Natural Rarities, Museum and Gallery, Bitola (in Macedonian)
15. Matkovski, Aleksandar (2002): Macedonia in the works of foreign travel writers 1879 – 1888, Gjurdja, Skopje (in Macedonian)
16. Gopčević, Spyridon (1890) Old Serbia and Macedonia, Belgrade (in Serbian)
17. Dimitrov, Nikola (2005) Geographical - historical review of the economic rise of Bitola in the XIX century. In: Tribina Bitola through the centuries - VIII in order on the subject of Bitola in the XIX century - economic prosperity -, 03.11.2004, Bitola (in Macedonian)
18. Matkovski, Aleksandar (2005): Macedonia in the works of foreign travel writers 1889 – 1898, Gjurdja, Skopje (in Macedonian)
19. Constantinople messenger. (1898). Year IV, Constantinople, Thursday, September 24, No. 39. (in Serbian)
20. Sterjovski, Aleksandar (2016) Bitola - Sport, Bitola (in Macedonian)
21. Almanac– Kingdom of Yugoslavia, second edition, Zagreb, 1932. (in Serbian)
22. Archive of Macedonia, Skopje, and interview with old residents of Bitola and photos of the facilities
23. Pelistersko Echo No. 30, June 20, 1942, p. 2. (n Bulgarian)
24. Savinov, Peter Guidebook "Ohrid", Skopje, 1943, p. 22, pictures 16. (in Bulgarian)
25. Archive of Macedonia, Skopje (in Macedonian)
26. UTP "Macedonia": State Archives of Macedonia, Bitola Department, Fund: 02.0579; Fund: URO "Macedonia" - Bitola 1952-1990. (in Macedonian)
27. Informant Bitola, 1982 (in Macedonian)
28. Dimitrov, V. Nikola, (2022). Mountaineering Sports Club "Gyorgji Naumov" - Bitola, Bitola. (in Macedonian)
29. State Archives of Macedonia, Bitola Department, Fund: 02.0579; Fund: URO "Macedonia" - Bitola 1952-1990. (in Macedonian)
30. Flyer of Hotel Bitola,1989. (in Macedonian)
31. Tourist map of Bitola.1989. (in Macedonian)
32. DSZ: Inventory of capacities in the hospitality industry, 2008, Statistical review: Transport, tourism and other services, 8.4.9.03.635. Skopje, 14.09.200. http://www.stat.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
33. Statistical review: Transport, tourism and other services, 8.4.17.05.883, Skopje, October, 2017.
http://www.stat.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
34. Municipality of Bitola - Department of Economic Development; (in Macedonian)
35. Websites of hotels (in Macedonian)
36. Field research; Golden Book, Yellow Pages: 2006/7; 2008/9; 2012/13; 2017/18, Publisher NID "YELLOWPAGES"–Skopje (in Macedonian)
37. Interviews with hotel owners and other employees.
INTERNET SOURCES:
https://www.booking.com/hotel/mk/;
https://www.booking.com/city/mk/bitola.en
https://macedonian-hotels.mk/
http://www.stat.gov.mk
Published
2023-12-22
Section
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