TIRANA, March 8/ATA/-The protection and good management of the protected areas of the country has pushed an increase in the number of visitors and yielded more and more economic revenues.
Albania’s environmental protected areas extended over more than 460.000 ha or 16% of the country’s territory.
The protected areas consist mainly of 15 national parks, some wildlife reservations carrying great natural values and bio-diversity.
During the recent years, after establishment of the Protected Areas Administrations, the tourists are provided with the relevant information about the special destinations they must visit over the space.
The tourists are provided with detailed information on the natural resources of the environmentally protected area, the natural, cultural, historical, and biological and heritage values of them like the caves, waterfalls, canyons, rocky peaks, objects of the cult. The rangers on the ground are also guiding the visitors to these spots. There are also the road signs that are very helpful for the tourists.
Bird watching, especially the wildlife observation of water birds as a recreational activity or citizen science, is getting the priority in the list of activities in these areas. There are distinguished Karavasta Lagoon, Narta, Kune-Vain, Shkodra and Prespa lakes./e.caushi/p.s./
