Hurtling down the freeway from Tirana along the snaking Albanian coastline, it feels hard to believe that this country was closed off from the world around it just three decades ago. Benny, the name ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's prime minister hopes to win reelection this weekend so he can work on making one of Europe's poorest countries a “champion of tourism.” The negative impact of the ...

Green Coast, is an ultra-modern landmark development in Albania, representing a remarkable investment of over 1 billion euros. Albania stands out among European countries, demonstrating some of the ...

Albania enjoyed an increase in tourism In 2016: 4.3 million – 15% more than in 2015. Albania aims to become a tourist destination for Italians. The Balkan country, after years of isolation, has been ...

The first-ever long weekend holiday to Albania ended badly. We 20 or so pioneers had paid (I recall) £295 for a package that included flights from Heathrow via Zagreb to Titograd – now Podgorica, in ...

On City Beach in Saranda it’s hard to find a space to lay down a towel among all the others on the stony beach, whose owners are either stretched out soaking up the sun or bobbing about in the clear ...

Whether the idea of visiting Croatia began with a love of Game of Thrones or by stumbling across photo after photo of the breathtaking, island-studded Adriatic coast, the Balkans have become a ...

Communities across Southern Albania like Berat, Gjirokastra, Përmet, and Saranda are thriving economically thanks to investments backed by the World Bank. Publicly-funded efforts to preserve heritage ...

As the door closes on 2016 and people begin to look to up and coming destinations in the New Year, should we be looking to Albania? According to a report in Voice of America News, the World Bank just ...

After three years of booming tourism figures, 2025 shows a marked slowdown in visitors’ arrivals and revenues in Albania. Although slowing down, numbers remain impressive for the small Balkan country ...