More than half of Kosovars have no money on vacation

Heidi Morina from the Kosovo Statistics Agency has indicated that 57 percent of Kosovars do not have money for week-long holidays on the coast or elsewhere.

Morina has said this has come as a result of price hikes.

About 57% of family economies cannot afford a week off from home, on the coast, on the mountain or anywhere. They don't have budgetary space to have a week's break for “, he said on the show. KTV's <x3.

Expenses for family economies in Kosovo, according to Morina, have grown dramatically. But not income.

Living conditions depend on income. Revenues in the family economies in Kosovo have grown extremely little, while expenditures have grown dramatically, especially in consumption. The consumption gets 55% of the family economies' revenues. The latest living conditions report was made in 2021”, he said.

Family economies also have difficulty paying loans and other payments.

“63.3% are in serious trouble with the return of loans, while for various payments it is a higher percentage -- around 85%” -- said Morina, who added that there are families who take loans to go on vacation but who have no statistics on it.

43 per cent of Kosovars are unable to have an immediate cost of 100 euros, according to the AKS.