13 minutes agoForeign tourists cancel trips to Albania due to violent opposition protests
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)It has been several years since Albania begins its early tourist season with a tendency to extend throughout the year. In Albania, there are 2200 subjects exercising tourist activities. “We had 6 million tourists last year, and for this year there are projected 15% more”, said Nundman Kasa, head of the Albanian Tourist Union. Protests in recent months have brought [...]
“We had 6 million tourists last year, and for this year there are projected 15% more”, said Nundman Kasa, head of the Albanian Tourist Union.
Recent months' protests have brought cancellations or pending bookings.
There are some tourists who are asking their agencies to keep them on hold or cancel the reservations for fear of recent events. Of course, there are also anti-Albanian circles that tend to exaggerate events. It has happened that tourists have broken up from the group and have not come to Albania, but have regretted when their friends who have visited Albania have told you that everything is normal”, he said.
Albania is one of the countries that have started organised tourism for the past 3-4 years, aircraft tourism coming in with organised packages.
Rtherman Kasa heads the Albanian Tourist Union, with 180 members in the compound.
He claims there have been reductions of Polish tourists.
As a post-communist country with an economic level, not like the European Union countries demand free offerings found in Egypt and Tunisia.
