TIRANA, July 25 /ATA/ – By A.ALLA/ – “The sector of tourism has seen significant growth in two links of the chain, the increasing number of foreign visitors that have entered the country and expansion of accommodation structures. The foreign visitors who have entered the country in the first 21 days of July 2019 are estimated at 431 298 or 79 800 foreign visitors more than the previous year marking an increase of 18,8% compared to the corresponding period of July 2018,” Minister of Tourism and Environment, Blendi Klosi, said in his remarks at a meeting with prefects of coastal and lake-front towns.
Likewise, Klosi spoke about the state of play in coastal areas, the track record of Task Force and measures taken until now.
“June this year proved to be a success with 615 531 foreign visitors or 190 394 more than June 2018. Overall, an increase of 24% in foreign citizens that have entered the country as compared to June 2018,” Klosi said.
He went on saying that in the first half this year from January 1 through to June 30, 2019 the number of foreign citizens in our country is estimated at 2 136 932, marking an increase of 11,3% as compared to the corresponding period 2018”.
“There is an expansion in the number of foreign passports that have entered our country with Swiss citizens recording an all time high of 54% to be followed by visitors from the Nordic countries and Asia,” Klosi said.
“Another breakthrough is the investment in accommodation structures. Over January 1 through to June 30 2019, according to official information obtained from taxes levies offices, roughly 227 hotels have opened in major attractions such as Saranda, Vlora, Shkodra etc.”, according to minister Klosi.
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