Lagoon protection as tourist attractions

The lagoons are a great tourist attraction in many countries, and this can be verified with the international figures of tourism. During 2010 there have been 950 million tourists around the world, and more than half of them have frequented lagoon areas.

Albania has many similar areas, such as Prespa, Narta, Karavastaja and Butrint. According to the deputy Minister of Environment, Taulant Bino, they should be preserved and exploited with the better results possible.

“Today we are not facing a quick danger of losing them, but other dangers, such as unplanned development, small interventions throughout the country that damage their values, such as canals, lands used for agriculture. Although these are still in a small scale and in small areas, they could become a problem in the future. For this reason, they need more attention by the institutions”, Bino declared.

On the International Day of Lagoons, the Ministry of Environment and leaders of the UNDP in Albania, asked for more attention by the Albanian institutions to the lagoons, which are very important for the tourists and biodiversity.

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