3.6 million fewer foreign and Albanian citizens entered our country in the first seven months of this year compared to last year.
Statistics show that in the period January-July 2019, 6.3 million citizens entered Albania, while this year, for the same period, only 2.7 million entered, i.e. a decrease of about 58% and this happened due to the Covid-19 pandemic and closing borders.
Economics expert Besart Kadia explains for Top Channel that the economic damage could up 1 billion euros.
“From this we can have a damage of up to 1 billion euros caused by the lack of tourism, from January to the end of August. And the negative effects on the economy are expected to be long-term. In the coming years, 2021 and 2022, we will have prolonged economic difficulties in the absence of income from this industry, which is so important for the Albanian economy”, says Kadia.
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