TIRANA, Jan  25 /ATA/ The number of foreign citizens who entered Albania during 2022 is 7,543,817, increasing by 32.6%, compared to 2021.

While the number of Albanian citizens leaving Albania in 2022 is 5,882,007, marking an increase of 40.4%, compared to the previous year.

The Institute of Statistics published on Wednesday the report “Movement of Citizens,” according to which, December saw a high flow as the number of foreign citizens who entered the Albanian territory increased by 46.4%. A total of 391,565 foreign citizens entered the country.

Referring to the data, during 2022, among the countries with the highest number of entries in Albania, Spain has had the largest increase with 3.6 times and England with 85.9%, while Switzerland has recorded the lowest increase with 14.3%, compared to the same period of 2021.

About 7 million foreigners cited vacations or meetings with relatives as the reason for their visit, and over 106,000 foreign citizens cited business as the main reason for their visit.

The number of citizens who entered our country via airports increased by 71.5%, compared to the same period a year ago, the number of citizens who entered via harbors increased by 42.6%, compared to the same period a year ago and via border crossing points has increased by 27.9%, compared to the same period of the previous year.

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