TIRANA, December 13/ATA/ Tourism has been significantly revived during the first 9 months of the current year, after the problems caused by the restrictions because of the pandemic.
According to statistics provided by the Bank of Albania, the foreigners who travelled to Albania in the first 9 months of 2021 spent about 1.5 billion Euros in our country.
If compared to the same period last year, this indicator has doubled, contributing to revenue growth in the country’s economy.
Referring to statistics, during the third quarter of the year, 786 million Euros were spent in our country, with an increase of 0.5% compared to July-September 2019.
According to the Institute of Statistics, INSTAT, for the 9-month period, 4.7 million foreign nationals entered the country, more than double compared to the pandemic year, but 10.7% less than in January-September 2019.
The total number of tourists is led by citizens from Kosovo, which marked an increase of 18% compared to the 9 months of 2019, accounting for almost 50% of total inflows, from 37% in the same period 2019. /j.p/p.s./
