380 thousand tourists entered Albania in October marking the highest figure ever

During October, around 379,000 foreign nationals entered Albania, or nearly 77,000 more than a year ago.

The increase by 25.3% means that the tourist season had a delay in time, bringing more visitors to Albania.

The majority of foreign nationals who have entered the Albanian territory over the last month belong to the countries of the region, where the citizens of Kosovo and Greece dominate.

For the latter, there has been a doubling in figures and at the border points of the country there were over 75 thousand entries, out of 38 thousand a year earlier.

Another group of tourists reporting a higher entry into the country compared to the previous year are tourists from Poland, who have quadrupled the number since last October.

There are 9200 Poles who have chosen Albania to make their late holidays.

The extent of the tourist season is also reflected in the statement of the purpose of entry made by foreign nationals.

168 thousand have said they have come to Albania for holidays, twice as high as a year ago.

The number of overnight visits has also increased, and 25,610 visits were recorded for October, compared with 17,887 last October.

As far as the way of traveling is concerned, land transport dominates, marking an increase of 18.5% at entry and 12.2% outbound.

Air transport has reported a sustainable growth, with 113,000 people coming in and 119,000 passengers going out.

For the period January to October 2017, the number of flights in the country has increased considerably, especially with regard to outgoing flights, which have an annual increase of around 25.5%.

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