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After the tragedy that took the life of a Dutch tourist, Filikuri becomes a safety zone

2026-06-25 13:55:55Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

After the tragedy that took the life of a Dutch tourist, Filikuri becomes a

A year ago, Filikuri Bay, one of the wildest and most beautiful pearls of the Himara coast, became the scene of a tragedy that shocked not only public opinion, but also the very way tourism is conceived in such deep natural areas.

A 23-year-old tourist from the Netherlands lost her life after falling from a height of about 30 meters while attempting to abseil down extremely dangerous terrain.

Another girl, an 18-year-old from France, was injured and was urgently transported to Tirana. It was an accident that, beyond the individual tragedy, exposed a major structural problem: the total lack of safety in an increasingly frequented destination.

A long-awaited decision

Today, a year later, the Himara Municipality has taken a concrete and necessary step: opening the tender for the construction of stairs that will enable safe access to Filikuri Bay.

This is a decision that deserves to be welcomed unequivocally.

Not just as a reaction to a tragic event, but as an act of institutional responsibility that puts human life at the center. For years, Filikuri has been a destination “reserved” for the bravest, a beauty that was gained with risk. But at a time when tourism has expanded and the profile of visitors has changed, this philosophy could no longer continue.

Security is not a luxury

Building stairs is not just an infrastructure investment. It is a minimum safety standard.

Because the reality is simple: tourists will not stop coming to Filikur. On the contrary, their number increases every year. And without an organized route, every descent into that terrain remains a gamble with fate.

The tragedy of the 23-year-old Dutch woman made this clear in the most painful way possible.

In this sense, stairs are not a "compromise" with nature, but a necessity to avoid repeating such stories.

Between development and preservation

Of course, the debate about the environmental impact is legitimate. Filikuri has survived precisely thanks to its isolation. But international experience shows that controlled development is always better than spontaneous chaos.

Safe access significantly reduces the risk to life, guides the movement of visitors, and also minimizes uncontrolled interventions in the field.

While its absence produces the opposite: improvised paths, damage to the landscape and, as we saw, fatal danger.

The real test begins now.

Deciding to build the stairs is the first and right step. But the real challenge will be managing them after they are completed.

If this intervention is accompanied by visitor flow control, ongoing maintenance, and awareness of safety and the environment, then Filikuri could become a model of how development and nature coexist.

Otherwise, the danger will no longer be only to the lives of tourists, but also to the very soul of this country.

But today, above all, it must be said clearly: the intervention was necessary. And, although delayed, it comes as the right response to a tragedy that must never be repeated./ publik.al


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