Vucic: I don't understand hysteria over prices on Mt. Zlatibor. What are you going there?

Photo: Instagram/buducnostsrbijeav

In three months, the key question for all of us will be what will happen to the economy, says President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.

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"In just three months, that will be the key issue. People have to work, I understand them," he said while visiting the family of Jovanka D., a single mother with nine children, who live in Larcark.

He also referred to the hospitality industry and tourist workers, for whose dissatisfaction and demands for conditions for doing business he said he has understanding.

"I don't understand the hysteria about the checks on Mt. Zlatibor, so if you don't like it, don't go," said Vucic and added that he personally "doesn't remember when he was on Zlatibor last."

"Let the tourist workers work, I understand them. I just don't understand how it's not expensive to us to pay in Vienna or somewhere else, while everything is expensive here. Do we ask farmers about the price of livestock, and similar things," he asked.

Vucic was referring to the fact that a debate has been raging since earlier in the week when a fellow citizen shared on social networks a photo of a check he paid for drinks on Mt. Zlatibor.

Račun za piće u centru Zlatibora: pic.twitter.com/WUW8bd3Jk5— Sen Trope (@mmavazi) January 3, 2021

The post went viral, as other users expressed their resentment over what they said were "outrageous" prices. As can be seen from the post, a Coca-Cola and a Bitter Lemon cost 480 dinars (each - 4 euros), while a beer costs as much as 650 dinars (5.5 euros). We also wrote about whether cafe owners have the right to do that.

"Serbia is a free market for price formation, so establishments are not restricted, and they have the freedom to regulate prices on their own," said Marko Dragic, a consumer rights legal adviser.

(Telegraf Biznis)