TIRANA, Oct 1 /ATA/ – The museum city of Berat in south-western Albania is increasingly emerging as a year-round destination for local visitors and foreign tourists from all over the world. The 2400-year old city, a UNESCO World Heritage site, recorded a significant influx of tourists in the first weeks of fall too.
The Director of Regional Tourism Directorate at Berat Municipality Silvi Merdani told Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) on Sunday that a series of fresh investments in the city’s infrastructure and tourism have helped tourism boost and an increasing number of visitors was recorded in September, turning Berat into a year-round destination.
According to her, the number of visitors to the city has been relatively low during this period in the previous years, whereas the influx of tourists is constantly boosting this fall.
Merdani told ATA that more than 720 000 local and foreign tourists have visited the city since January.
According to her, number of visitors from England and the Netherlands has increased significantly this year whereas visitors from Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy and France account for the largest share of the number of visitors to Berat as history monuments and the cultural heritage sites are becoming top tourist destinations in Albania.
Berat, the museum city in south-central Albania also known as the city of one above another windows because of the with tiered houses on the slopes that are predominantly horizontal in layout, remains an important tourist destination that attracts local visitors and international tourists from all over the world interested in history, ancient and medieval architecture.
Berat, around 70 km from Tirana, is one of the most beautiful towns in Albania and the Balkan Peninsula. Included on UNESCO’s world heritage list, Berat is the best well-preserved Ottoman-era city in Eastern Europe.
Some of the most visited sites in Berat are the Berat Castle, the Ethnographic Musum, the Iconography Onufri Museum, Mangalem and Gorice neighbourhoods, the Halveti Tekke etc.
Berat also boasts Mount Tomorr, a site of pilgrimage for Bektashi believers that is also becoming popular for religious tourism.
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