TIRANA, Jan 21 /ATA/ – Albania and Spain are committed to boost tourism cooperation, the Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro, Spain’s Minister of Industry and Tourism and the Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism, Rosario Sánchez Grau, affirmed at a meeting on Tuesday.
Tourism Minister Kumbaro said that Albania sees Spain as a major tourism market in terms of visitor number and tourism investment projects.
“Melia hotels now operate in Albania, while direct flights between Tirana and a series of Spanish destinations have been launched and shared work will help to take this market forward through know-how, innovation, creativity and education of human resources,” Kumbaro said.
Kumbaro also announced that Albania’s Ministry of Tourism and Environment and Spain’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism will soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance tourism cooperation and deliver on joint innovation, digitization and human resources projects.
Around 110 000 Spanish tourists visited Albania 2024, marking an increase of 26% compared with the previous year.
Albania will take part in the International Tourism Trade Fair, FITUR 2025 in Madrid on Wednesday, the first global meeting point of the year for tourism professionals and the leading trade fair for inbound and outbound markets in Latin America. Number of Latin America visitors to Albania significantly rose last year, with over 17 000 visitors from Brazil (+26%), 5.800 from Argentina (+25%) and 5000 visitors from Mexico (+48%).
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