TIRANA, July 17 /ATA/ – The number of guests staying at hotels and other tourist accommodation establishments in Albania rose 12.4% year-on-year in May, driven by continued growth in both domestic and international tourism, official data showed on Friday.
Data released by the National Institute of Statistics, INSTAT, showed that resident visitors increased by 11.4% from a year earlier, while the number of foreign guests rose 12.7%, underscoring sustained demand for Albania as a tourist destination and a trend towards longer stays.
The total number of overnight stays at accommodation establishments increased by 8% compared with May 2025. Overnight stays by domestic visitors rose 6%, while those by foreign visitors climbed 8.6%.
Italian tourists remained the largest source of foreign visitors, accounting for 19% of all non-resident guests. Visitors from Kosovo ranked second with 11%, followed by Germany (10%), France (9%) and Poland (6%). Tourists from other countries accounted for the remaining 45%.
Hotel capacity utilisation also improved, with the room occupancy rate rising to 29.8% in May from 28.7% in the same month a year earlier.
The central region attracted the largest number of guests, hosting more than 143,000 domestic and foreign visitors. It was followed by the southern region with more than 121,000 guests and the northern region with over 96,000.
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