Albania Journey and Tourism: COVID Affect Report
The state of the travel and tourism industry contributed 49.1 percent less to Albania’s GDP between 2019 and 2020 due to COVID-19.
- Albania has lost 1 in 11 jobs since the COVID-19 outbreak.
- In 2019, 334 million jobs in the country contributed to Albania’s travel and tourism industry.
- The GDP contribution for the tourism sector in Albania rose from 20.5 percent to 10.6 percent between 2019 and 2020.
The impact of international visitors on spending increased from $ 271.0 billion to $ 125 billion, a loss of 53.9 percent from 2019 to 2020. The impact of domestic visitors on spending increased from $ 80.4 billion Dollars to $ 41.5 billion, or 48.3 percent. The figures for comparing domestic or international spending were 23 to 77 percent in 2019 and 25 to 75 percent in 2020.
The leisure travel market rose to spend 2 percent more leisure travelers in Albania.
The top 5 entries to Albania in 2020 were:
– North Macedonia: 16 percent
– Greece: 8 percent
– Italy: 7 percent
– Montenegro: 7 percent
– Poland: 3 percent
