The first two tourist boats with a capacity of 33 seats each have been docked on a floating pier on the shore of the lakeside village of Shiroka in north-western Albanian region of Shkodra, offering visitors the opportunity to experience the magic of the largest lake in the Balkan.

Prime Minister Edi Rama took to the social media on Monday to post images showing the tour experience of two boats on the Lake Shkodra, considering them “the early swallows of the local boat tours.”

“The early swallows of the municipal boat tours have returned this spring on the lake of the capital city of Albania’s north after the 1930s through the Albanian Development Fund support for the reborn Shkodra Municipality,” PM Rama wrote.

Shiroka is expected to be one of the three permanent docks on Lake Shkodra shoreline, with two other docks set to be constructed in the lakeside village of Zogaj and in Shkodra. With three docks in place, the Municipality of Shkodra will now make tourist boats available to all visitors wishing to explore the lake and the stunning landscape along the lakeshore.

Construction of three permanent docks on lake Shkodra shoreline, as well as the sailing connection between Albania and Montenegro, as well as construction of new roads along the lakeside  villages will open up a completely different perspective of tourism development in this part in northwest Albania.

The floating docks in the lakeside villages of Shiroka and Zogaj are built by the Albanian Development Fund, as part of a project co-funded by the European Union and the government of Albania.

The project also includes construction of a waterway to connect both sides of the border with Montenegro, as well as new roads along the lakeside villages.

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