In September alone, the country registered 2,024,320 entries, up 3% from the same month in 2025. Departures totalled 2,141,133, an increase of 0.6% year-on-year.

Foreign nationals accounted for 1,286,691 entries in September, up 2.1% from a year earlier, while entries by Albanian nationals rose 4.5% to 737,629.

Departures by foreign nationals fell 2.8% year-on-year to 1,317,259, while departures by Albanian nationals increased 6.6% to 823,874.

INSTAT data show that a total of 17,476,873 people entered Albania between January and September, including 10,730,391 foreign nationals.

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The Ministry shared on social media the experiences of foreign patients who received treatment at the Tirana hospital, saying their cases reflected growing confidence in Albania’s public healthcare system.

“Even when a trip unexpectedly turns into a difficult health situation, they find professionals, technology and capacity within our healthcare system to meet their needs,” the Ministry said. “From emergency care and diagnosis to specialised treatment, our objective is clear: a hospital system that provides high standards for every patient, whether local or foreign.”

Turkish patient Engin Ozcan, who has been living in Albania for three months, said he was taken to the emergency department after experiencing chest pain.

“I believe I am alive today thanks to the attention and professionalism of the emergency doctors. They took the best possible care of me and carried out all the necessary tests and examinations,” he said.

His wife, Ozlem, said her husband had suddenly fallen ill several days earlier and was taken to the emergency department before being transferred to the cardiology ward.

“I feel we owe a great deal to the emergency doctors because he is well today thanks to them,” she said, adding that she had been impressed by the care and dedication shown by hospital staff.

“What impressed me most was that they did not treat only us this way, but all the patients,” she said.

A 71-year-old American patient said he suffered a cardiac arrest while having coffee in Shkoder. His wife called an ambulance, which arrived promptly and took him to the Tirana hospital.

“It could not have gone better,” he said, adding that doctors performed an intervention and inserted stents into his blood vessels.

He said he had been advised not to fly for two to three weeks but planned to return to Albania to continue his holiday.

“The doctor was phenomenal, as was every surgeon I have spoken to here in recent days,” he said.

Another foreign patient said he had been on holiday in Albania when he experienced chest tightness and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed a heart attack.

“Over five days, I underwent all the necessary examinations, including an angiogram. The doctors placed two stents in my heart arteries. I am feeling better now,” he said, adding that he was “extremely satisfied and even surprised” by the level of care he received.

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In January-September of this year, almost 4.9 million foreign nationals entered Albania, marking an increase of 129% compared to the same period of 2020, during the height of the pandemic. Compared to the 9-month period of 2019, the entries of foreign nationals were about 11% lower.

Tourism sector is seen as an important source of income generation and job creation.

Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism sector employed about 64,000 people, contributing about 3.23% to the country’s GDP.

In order to support the tourism sector, the Albanian government will establish in 2022 sovereign guarantees worth 1 billion ALL. The loan to this sector guaranteed by the state budget will focus on investment support.

Meanwhile, draft budget made available for the National Coastal Agency to continue the initiative of beach clean-up in 4 cities during 2022-2024, is worth respectively ALL 200 million.

The waste fund in cooperation with local government units is worth ALL 500 million. //a.i/

According to the report published by the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), there are 394,478 foreign and Albanian nationals who have entered the Albanian territory.

The number of foreign nationals who have entered the Albanian territory is 170,279 or 78.6% more than in March 2020.

According to INSTAT, the number of foreign nationals entering Albania during the first quarter of 2021 is 513,781, marking a decrease of 10.4%, compared to the same period of 2020.

During the first quarter of 2021, among the countries with the highest inflows of nationals to Albania are; Kosovo had the largest increase with 38.3% and Switzerland with 32.7%, while Greece and England recorded the most significant decrease respectively by 83.5% and 70.5% compared to the same period of 2020.

Meanwhile, the number of Albanian and foreign nationals leaving the territory of Albania, during March 2021, is 413,443, marking an increase of 45.1%, compared to the same period a year ago.

The number of Albanian nationals leaving the territory of Albania during the first quarter of 2021, is 756,405, decreasing by 31.3%, compared to the same period a year ago. //a.i/

While, the number of Albanian citizens leaving the country in 2020 accounted for 2.906.828 showing a decrease of 50.9% compared to a year earlier.

INSTAT reported that, the number of Albanian and foreign citizens who entered the Albanian territory, in December 2020 reached 442,966, showing a decrease of 50.7% if compared to the same period of 2019.

According to the official data published by INSTAT, in December 2020, the number of foreign nationals entering Albania accounted for 180,815, recording a decrease of 37.4% compared to December 2019.

Kosovo is country with the lowest increase in the number of citizens entering Albania accounting for 38.6 %, followed by Spain (90.3%) compared to 2019. //a.i/