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Tourism, Albania with the highest growth of net-stays in Europe in 2023

2024-01-17 09:57:58Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Tourism, Albania with the highest growth of net-stays in Europe in 2023

Albania experienced in 2023 the best tourism performance in history.

Preliminary data show that over 10 million foreign nationals entered the country. Albania became a favorite tourist destination for many foreigners, while the international media described it as a beautiful country and cheap prices.

Eurostat's data on net attitudes show that for growth indicators, Albania has left behind all other European countries. For example, according to Eurostat tables, in the third quarter, net stays in tourist accommodation units increased by 60.6% compared to the same period of 2022.

Tourism, Albania with the highest growth of net-stays in Europe in 2023

Even compared to 2019, before the start of the pandemic, which temporarily interrupted the momentum of tourism, overnight stays increased by almost 78%.

This increase is much higher than the European average, which in the third quarter saw a 0.7% increase in net stays compared to the third quarter of 2022 and 0.8% compared to the same period in 2019. The second highest growth after Albania in Europe is Serbia, with 25.4%. Data for Turkey and Kosovo are not available.

According to Eurostat statistics, processed by Monitor, the trend of increasing net stays in Albania has been visible throughout the year.

For the 10 months, for which the data are available, the increase in total net stays in accommodation structures in Albania was 55.6% compared to the same period of 2022.

Malta ranks second after Albania, with an increase of 21%, followed by Cyprus with 20.7% and Montenegro with 19.4%.

In total, Albania recorded 5.57 million overnight stays by locals and foreigners in the 10 months of 2023, from 3.58 million in the same period of 2022.

The country also holds a record for the increase in the net stays of international (foreign) tourists, with 3.65 million net stays for January-October, with foreign tourists making up 65% of the total net stays in the country. Even the increase in the net stays of foreigners, with almost 55%, is the highest in Europe. Slovakia ranks second after us with 32.2%, the Czech Republic 31.5%, Romania 27.5%.

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According to Eurostat, in 2023, EU tourism continued to show signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The estimated number of nights spent in tourist accommodation facilities in 2023 reached 2.92 billion, surpassing the pre-pandemic level for 2019 (2.87 billion) by 1.6% and setting a record year for the EU accommodation sector- of.

In 2023, 171 million more nights were spent compared to 2022 (+6.3%), driven mainly by an increase in nights spent by international tourists (+146 million) and to a lesser extent by an increase in nights spent by domestic tourists (+ 25 million). Tourism levels (in terms of overnight stays) were 25% higher than ten years ago (2013: 2.33 billion overnight stays).

Compared to 2022, almost all EU member states recorded growth in 2023, only Luxembourg recorded a small decrease (-0.1%). In Malta and Cyprus, the increase exceeded 20% and in 8 other EU members, it exceeded 10% (Slovakia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Austria, Czech Republic, Portugal, Romania and Greece). In absolute terms, the largest increase in overnight stays was observed in Germany (+32.8 million nights) and Spain (+32.3 million nights).

International and domestic tourism

After 3 years with a significantly lower proportion of international tourists (29%, 32% and 44% of all nights spent in 2020, 2021 and 2022 respectively), foreigners accounted for 46% of the 2.87 billion nights spent in 2023 This shows a near return to the pre-pandemic contribution of international tourists (47%). However, in terms of volume, international tourism was 0.4% less compared to 2019.

In terms of accommodation, hotels and similar structures were the dominant segment with 1.8 billion nights spent (63% of the total), followed by holiday and other short-term accommodation (24%). Campsites accounted for 13% of the total.


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