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Survey/ Unlicensed apartments on Booking and Airbnb promote the informality of tourism in Albania

2023-02-04 17:26:12Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Survey/ Unlicensed apartments on Booking and Airbnb promote the informality of
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The flourishing of apartments for rent on Booking and Airbnb, which have not been registered and have not been licensed, raises many concerns about the existence of informality in the Albanian tourism industry. This is evidenced by a survey conducted by PNUD with hotel businesses last fall, which emphasizes that there is a gap between the official figures and those found on these platforms, leading to unfair competition.

Referring only to the month of May last year, the survey explains that the Ministry of Tourism's monthly bulletin contained a list of 1,478 certified and licensed accommodation facilities, including hotels, guesthouses, camps, motels, resorts and agritourism units.

However, there were 2,169, 50% more of these units available on the platform.

Survey/ Unlicensed apartments on Booking and Airbnb promote the informality of

Survey/ Unlicensed apartments on Booking and Airbnb promote the informality of

According to the map below, the counties with the highest percentage of hotels listed on Booking.com during June are Vlora (43%) and Tirana (15%). In Saranda alone there are more than 500 hotels spread over 60 km2.

60% of the accommodations are located near the coast, 26% are located inside the city and the remaining apartments are located in Tirana.

Survey/ Unlicensed apartments on Booking and Airbnb promote the informality of

Në këto akomodime, një dhomë standarde hoteli për dy persona do të kushtonte 50 euro për një natë midis 29-30 qershorit të 2022-shit. Himara kishte akomodimin më të shtrenjtë me çmime deri 250 euro ndërsa Berati ishte më pak i shtrenjti. Për lulëzimin e këtyre apartamenteve të palicencuara në këto platforma, foli para disa kohe për Gazetasi.al edhe ekspertja e turizmit, Flora Xhemani Baba.

“Janë biznese të paligjshme qoftë edhe të vogla që jetojnë në kurriz të ligjshmërisë të hoteleve të tjera dhe i konkurrojnë ato në mënyrë të padrejtë.

Megjithëse Shoqata e Hoteleve ka bërë kërkesë vazhdimisht ndaj shtetit, kjo nuk është zgjidhur as me shtet, as me privat.

They have addressed the Booking and Airbnb companies to request at least a license or license from these entities. The companies have told them that they need an official letter from the ministry or the state to do this legally," continued Xhemani while adding that even though this is a very simple procedure, it has not yet been resolved.

Based on the UNDP survey, Vlora county was once again the one with the most properties rented out on Airbnb for the third quarter of 2022, compared to other counties. For this period, there were over 7,000 apartments posted in this county, an increase of 77% from the same period in 2019. About 40% are located in Saranda (2,745), while the lowest levels of occupancy are in Elbasan and Korçë, with 13 % and 17%./GazetaSi

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