“About 30% less tourists in Albania, Kosovo's main landing impact”

This winter, according to Fatos Cherenisht, administrator of the FAFA Group, has been declining tourists in the facility.

The main impact, according to him, has been to lower visitors from Kosovo.

The reasons for this, he says, relate to the most difficult economic conditions that the crisis brought, but also to the overall political situation. He notes that the net stays are also reduced.

How has the tourism performance been for Durres Goleem in general being that Visited i n In winter?

Winter has had tourists, but from what I found there is a 20-30% decline in relation to other years. I think the decline in the number of tourists from Kosovo had an impact here.

The reasons for this contraction I think are related to a weaker economic situation, due to the price crisis we've all faced, businesses and individuals, but maybe it's a bit of a political impact and a political situation.

It is not too warm as a situation and fluctuations increase uncertainty, making people more cautious.

Kosovo's highest presence of tourists has been during the November holidays, and after that, the attendance has been shrinking.

Generally what was the occupation or booking of rooms in your facility?

But we're a huge facility, with a capacity of 1800 beds in 800 rooms, but we certainly don't operate in all this capacity during winter.

In the structures we have active, weekends have had a room reserve of 30% of them.

What I see is that the trend of attitude has changed somewhat. Even those who come don't usually stay two nights, but much just one night.

How has the performance of costs and costs for structures been and can beChoose a working directory They also manage to function Sorted in opening order dieWR?

There's a truth for our sector, coastal hotels only win when they're closed. How can we understand that?

If you let it out of the season, spending will be bigger than income, and you normally have to survive with the little you get during the most active months, the wine.

We consider this risk of working 4-5 months and surviving in the remaining 7-8 months, because we risk other aspects.

I, for example, have 160-170 employees who can't afford to leave pay, because I'm gonna get fired. Workers are an asset I can't lose.

Under such conditions, we find it more reasonable to reduce our profit. Cost pressure has been high that at the same time energy has increased, other products needed for accommodation, and we have also been forced to raise wages constantly.

In winter it is impossible that all these costs a facility has in 2030 days to cover with four weekends of work.

Nordics were a group that passed 2023 “alllotment”, So they'll pay. So how many tourists Will bring you in, But the Albanian side would be negotiated to make bail as they were. Was a deal reached?

We have guarantee contracts currently with Poles and Czechs, while with the Nordics, the situation remains as we have said. They have moved to <x0thallotment” and have underlined that they will pay only for the number of tourists that will bring for accommodation.

However, we are happy that they have not eventually withdrawn from Albania, as it would be something really negative.

They are elite tourists, worth having in the group of those who visit you, positively influencing the image as a country.

It's currently working Sorted in opening order The completion of the Golem Road which by deadline, It should have been closed earlier. How this situation affects Sorted in opening order The tourism sector in this area?

We very much hope that this road will end within May because it is an obstacle that does not positively affect the sector and the assessment that takes the area as a whole from foreign agencies.

It's expected to be May, but at the rate of work, I don't know if we should trust it to close.

These years-to-year-old jobs or problems raised need to be taken seriously as we risk losing even those tourists we have. We've also reported in the Durres Hall regarding stray dogs and have been told that this issue will be seen as well.

There was a kind of commitment between the Albanian and Kosovo sides to switch to a more consolidated tourist relationship In addition to individual arrivals, how has this worked?

Kosovo's tourist is present in our country and specifically in Golem and Durres throughout the year and is the main one. We certainly have made mutual promotions, but do not claim to have tourists from Kosovo in the form of organised, or with guarantees such as we have other groups.

That's because specifically, they're the same as we have vacations scheduled for between July 15th and August 31st, so 45 days. We have a very tight period in coastal areas.

The most important group remains, and this was seen during the pandemic.

Maybe we should raise our attention, as even the competition of destinations has increased and Turkey is one that can become attractive to Kosovo.

We also have to look at the possibility of new markets and passing elite tourists, since we can only thus have a stable and profitable sector for the economy. /Monitor. al