Vladimir Tomovic's Pools Near Bar Shut Until Permit Clears

Vladimir Tomovic’s pools near Bar are not operating. Montenegro’s Tourist Inspection has banned the complex from working, and the former reality TV star confirmed the closure in a post on his Instagram profile on August 7, then addressed the same topic again a day later.

In the first post, he also said how long the pause would last.

The facility will not operate in the coming days, until the day the permit is obtained, due to a work ban issued by the Tourist Inspection.

He also apologized to guests and said he expected the complex to reopen within a few days. The ban followed a performance by a well known singer at the complex. The performer’s name was not disclosed.

How the complex near Bar came together

The estate has three pools, two for adults and one built for children. Tomovic set it up together with his brother Vladan, on family land he calls his grandfather’s inheritance in his posts.

Vladan and I started working on this more than a year ago.

The work began more than a year ago, and picked up pace in the three months after he left the reality show. By his own earlier account, the brothers worked every day and saved 20,000 euros on the construction.

He spoke about the estate a few weeks ago, when he showed it to his followers for the first time.

How it was built, we know. How hard we fought for it, we won’t tell anyone, only God and the two of us know that. We put every drop of blood and sweat into this estate, and we won’t lie, there were tears too. We are happy that on our grandfather’s land we can host people of good will and let them use a piece of our little paradise. Welcome.

That post came with a gallery of the pools and the landscaped yard. A few weeks later, the same profile announced that the facility was closed.

Why a mid-season ban hurts the most

The timing is not a minor detail. The ban arrived in the first half of August, in the weeks when the Montenegrin coast generates most of its yearly turnover. A facility that depends on tourists cannot make up for lost time in September, since the guests who were in Bar during these weeks head home by the end of the month.

The nature of the ban itself is the second issue. It is not tied to a finding about the water, the pool equipment or the construction, but to a missing document. Tomovic says in his post that the paperwork is being obtained, which means the reopening date depends on how fast the administration moves, not on any work left to do at the estate.

What does a tourism inspection work ban mean?

A work ban stops a facility from operating until it meets whatever the inspection found lacking. Until that happens, the facility cannot take guests, no matter how full its booking calendar is. In this case, the owner himself says he is working on the paperwork and expects a resolution within a few days.

How long that takes is not up to him. That is why the post stopped short of naming an actual date.

A new post a day later

Tomovic spoke again on August 8, this time addressing followers who had written to him.

Many of you are writing to me and offering support. Thank you for that, I won’t forget it. There are also those enjoying the situation, thanks to them too. I forgive, but I won’t forget that either. The paperwork is being obtained.

With that, he confirmed both that the business is at a standstill and that the paperwork is moving through its own process.

The timeline of the story looks like this:

• more than a year ago: Tomovic and his brother Vladan start work on the family estate near Bar
• three months after leaving the reality show: work picks up, the complex gets three pools
• a few weeks ago: the estate is shown to the public for the first time, on Instagram
• August 7, 2026: Montenegro’s Tourist Inspection bans the facility from operating, Tomovic posts that it is closed
• August 8, 2026: a new post, thanking followers and confirming the paperwork is being obtained

Vladimir Tomovic is known to the public as a former contestant on Zadruga and was for years one of the faces of the reality TV scene. The complex near Bar was the first business venture he spoke about publicly and in detail after leaving the show.

The pools stay closed until the permit comes through. For guests who had counted on August, that means cancellations, and for the owner, every day of the pause falls in the most expensive stretch of the season.