The Municipality of Pirot is characterised by extraordinary wealth of natural and tourist resources and cultural and historical heritage.

The acctractiveness of the tourist product of Pirot is a mixture of different elements of natural and social acctractiveness

- mountains-especially Stara planina

- geological particularities of the terrain

- Lakes Zavoj and Krupac, spring Vrelo and spring Banja

- Numerous picnic sites

- Rich authohton flora protected since 1985, and have the status of strict nature reserve park

Stara planina is ideal for the development of sports and recreational and winter tourism due to the length of its tracks, its tameneess, the number of days with snow and favourable climate. Midzor is the highest peak in Stara planina and Serbia and it is located 35 km from Pirot. There are numerous opportunities for investing into the construction of a ski and sports and recreational centre in Stara planina.