Tourism 9.5% increase for first five months of 2017

22/06/2017 00:00

The number of foreign tourists entering Albania during the first five
months of the year has increased with 9.5%, according to the Institution
of Statistics.

The number of foreigners who specifically declare that they are visiting Albania for tourism has increased three fold, according to INSTAT, from 132.700 in 2016 to 367.000 this year.

The number of foreigners visiting Albania for business has also increased from 20500 to 25000.

The geography of the visitors has also changed, while the number of those coming from Italy is 11.5% higher.

79.7% of the visitors enter from land borders, 13.5% from air and 6.8% from sea.

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