TIRANA, October 30 /ATA/ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Anila Denaj together with Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro presented the National Strategy of Agrotourism in a meeting organized in Tirana, with the participation of relevant representatives of the field, various donors and experts.
Denaj said that the Strategy for Agrotourism focuses on support for the sustainable development of the sector.
According to her, the certification of local products is an important basis for the development of agrotourism
Denaj said that, “For the time being, we have certified 3 local products and we are preparing for the certification of 3 other products by the end of 2023”.
For her part, Minister Kumbaro focused on the significance of the law that, as she put it, “we need so that to formalize the sector”.
Kumbaro invited the participants to make their contribution to the Strategy for Agrotourism.
“We have fully certified with all standards 25 agrotourism enterprises, 31 have preliminary certification and are in the process, which means 50, in total. But, if you look at the application that the Ministry of Agriculture made in collaboration with GIZ, there are over 270 offers, which shows the high potential that is much more than those who received the certificate. And this is also supported by the geographical position of the country with ¾ mountains and forests because tourism is not only the coast and it should not be only that”, said Kumbaro. /r.e/p.s./
