In the village of Bijakovici, in the parish of Medugorje, on the 24th of June 1981, according to the testimony of six, at the time young parishioners, (two boys and four girls), the Blessed Virgin made her appearance. Lately, Medugorje has become one of the most famous and most frequentely visited pilgrimage places in the entire Catholic world.
Following the interest of pilgrims from the entire world to visit Medugorje, numerous tourist facilities have been built. Therefore, today, Medugorje offers approximately 10.000 beds in various categories of accommodation with the catering, trade and other services of an extremely high quality.
