Albanian economy has benefited 1.9 billion euros in the first 6 months from tourism. These figures confirm that the year 2024 is confirmed to be even more optimistic in terms of tourism in the country.
According to the data of the Bank of Albania, only in the period April-June, our country benefited about 1.1 billion euros, while in the first three months this figure was 788 million euros.
Revenues and expenses from travel services increased respectively by about 25% and 27%, in annual terms, where the increase in the number of travelers has been the determining factor, but at the same time the daily expenditure has been estimated to increase While only foreigners in January-July were registered 6.3 million who stated that the reason for visiting Albania is for vacation.
In July, 2.6 million citizens who came to Albania were registered in the country. Compared to the January-July period of a year ago, the people who entered Albania experienced an increase of 20.4%.
The figures confirm that more Italians and Englishmen have visited Albania. The number of citizens who entered from these two countries has increased by over 50% if we compare it to the same period a year ago On the other hand, resident travelers (Albanian and foreign) have spent 688 million euros on their trips abroad.
Travel services generate respectively 67% of foreign currency inflows and about 79% of service category expenditures./abcnews.al
