More than one million tourists are expected to visit the ancient Croatian city of Dubrovnik this year - making it one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in Europe.
Some come for the beaches and the culture, others to seek out the breath-taking sets from blockbuster Game of Thrones.
But ITV On Assignment's Paul Davies remembers a very different Dubrovnik, a city caught-up in one of the most violent assaults of the Croatian War of Independence.
In 1991, Paul reported from the city when it was under siege, attacked from land, air and sea in a heavily uneven battle.
Nearly 30 years on Paul returns to Dubrovnik.
He’s reunited with those he worked with during the bombardment and the friends he made consequently.
He meets the daughters of a waiter turned fighter, a man who was killed just hours after Paul interviewed him in a hillside fort.
And Paul examines the lasting impact of the battle on the next generation -- school children born in an independent Croatia.
Paul returns to find Dubrovnik reborn but now under siege of a different kind - the tourist invasion that, in part fuelled by the popularity of Game of Thrones could see a major change in this historic city.
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