Last year, Albanians are reported to have gone on well over 3.2 million trips. During the entire course of 2020, the most popular destinations amongst Albanian travelers inside the border were Vlora during the summer season and Korca, during the winter.
Meanwhile, the most popular countries for travelers going abroad were Turkey, Montenegro and Italy, all of which received a high influx of Albanian travelers in 2020.
Even though it was a year characterized by restrictions due to the pandemic, INSTAT has registered a considerable number of travelers both for business and leisure, who stayed abroad for an average of 4.6 days per trip.
In 2019, the number of travels was close to 5.35 million.
According to district authorities, Tirana, Vlora and Durres, were the cities that received the most visitors during the entire course of the year, both for business and personal reasons.
When considering age, about 45% of trips inside the country or abroad, were taken by 24 to 34-year-olds, whereas the lowest influx of travelers was amongst senior citizens.
In addition, younger generations seem to have stayed in a foreign country for a period lasting 1-3 days, whereas citizens over the age of 75 seem to prefer vacations that last at least 4 days or longer.
Around 3.1 million trips were undertaken by car – which make up about 96.4 percent of all travels in 2020, due to restrictions imposed by the pandemic.
Stats also showed that the most preferred mode of accommodation for Albanians when traveling was staying with their relatives, followed by hotels.
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