Illegal migrants, often described as criminals, are not the only description that is attached to Albanians and Albania in the UK.

The gray landscape found in the northern parts of our country seems to have given way to a colorful perspective through a report by Petter Elia, a journalist for the British BBC media, who described his visit to the Albanian Alps.

In the long article dedicated to the Mountains known as ‘Bjeshket e Namuna’, Albanian nature, history, and tradition, which often get described as a Hidden Enigma of Europe, seems to offer visitors the magic of an undiscovered and magnificent secret land – at least these are the words used by the British journalist to describe the feeling he got from his trip to Albania.

Petter also wrote that the 40-year-long isolation as a result of the communist regime coupled with the curiosity that the unknown naturally arouses has inspired Albanians to use tourism as an open invitation to tourists to come and get to know their world while also using this as an opportunity to heal and change from the isolated past.

The article dedicated to Albania is also an invitation to all readers to visit a country that the British journalist describes as safe, stable, and full of hospitable people.

“‘If Albania is the enigma of Europe, walking this path helped me understand the sum of its parts. It seems that this former totalitarian state, which once tried so desperately to keep the world out, is using tourism as a way to invite people in and teach them something about how a country can heal and change.” – ends the BBC article, written by journalist Peter Elia.