TIRANA, February 6/ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama stated today that in Albania, the share of tourism for 2024 is estimated at 26% of GDP.
During a conversation with the citizens in the social media in his “Eye to Eye” feature, the head of government answered the question of several citizens about tourism.
Rama published the Travel & Tourism report on Albania, a completely independent international institution that produces reports for the whole world and that refer to all countries.
“In Albania, the tourism share for 2024 is estimated at 26% of GDP. The tourism sector generated 21.8% of the total employment”, wrote Rama.
According to the report, the prime minister emphasized, “In Albania, the growth is estimated at 7.7% compared to the previous year and 47.5, almost 50%, almost double compared to 2019, here in this “our Somalia”, as you say”.
Regarding employment in the tourism sector, the prime minister underlined that it has increased by 14.1% compared to the year before the pandemic”.
“Foreign tourist spending in Albania in 2024 is estimated at 4.8 billion USD or about 4.5 billion Euros, income from those who come here. This means 54.7% increase. So, it is an extraordinary increase compared to the year before the pandemic”, emphasized Rama.
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