Berat expects more than 100,000 tourists this year

At a meeting in Berat, where new projects were presented for the county were introduced, Rama stressed that, “the extraordinary economic potential this area has due to cultural heritage and natural beauty was released with the Urban Renaissance” programme.

A house costing an average of 8-10 thousand euros in the historic area today costs 65-75 thousand euros, an extraordinary increase in real estate value as a result of increased demand to put this potential” into use, Rama said.

Rama said there is a significant transformation throughout the area that is bringing exponential growth in the number of tourists.

Of the 13 thousand tourists counted in 2013, we had 74 thousand tourists last year, and this year the project is to exceed the 100 thousand tourists. That means more economy, business and employment opportunities and more investments, not only on the private sector, but also on the part of government and municipalities”, Rama said.

Evidence of the increasing number of tourists in Berat, according to Rama, is also the number of tickets sold at the Onufri Museum, where there are 7 times as many ticket sales.

So if we look at the number of hotels and hotels, we double. We had 34, and today we have about 60 hotels and hotels. We are in the conditions, when we are experiencing a process of significant transformation, which will bring significant economic empowerment and increased employment through individual enterprises in the city or in the village of”, Rama said. / ATA