{"id":31300,"date":"2022-02-11T18:22:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31300"},"modified":"2022-02-11T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:22:28","slug":"2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 2 million tourists have visited Albanian museums to learn about our national heritage in the past 3 years.<\/p>\n<p>2019 was the year with the highest number of visitors in the country\u2019s museums and archeological parks \u2013 1 million tourists visited Albanian museums in that one year.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the state budget for the cultural tourism sector went up by an additional 1.6 million euros.<\/p>\n<p>However, the isolation due to the pandemic ended up being a major blow for the tourism sector overall.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 tourism reached its lowest point in our country. Only around 190 thousand tourists visited museums and ancient sites in our country, bringing in around 330 thousand euros.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, during the second half of 2021, a considerable rise in the number of visitors was recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Based on stats published by the Ministry of Culture, a total of 108 thousand visitors ended up visiting our sites and museums, bringing in over 250 thousand euros in revenue.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, we are seeing an alleviation of anti-COVID restrictions which is indicative of an optimistic future for cultural tourism in our country, which plans to reach pre-pandemic levels by this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 2 million tourists have visited Albanian museums to learn about our national heritage in the past 3 years. 2019 was the year with the highest number of visitors in the country\u2019s museums and archeological parks \u2013 1 million tourists visited Albanian museums in that one year. Since then, the state budget for the cultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":31301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over 2 million tourists have visited Albanian museums to learn about our national heritage in the past 3 years. 2019 was the year with the highest number of visitors in the country\u2019s museums and archeological parks \u2013 1 million tourists visited Albanian museums in that one year. Since then, the state budget for the cultural [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"682\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"384\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@euronewsalbania\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nen Si\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\"},\"wordCount\":187,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\",\"name\":\"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png\",\"width\":682,\"height\":384},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"description\":\"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Euronews Albania\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png\",\"width\":280,\"height\":33,\"caption\":\"Euronews Albania\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\",\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania","og_description":"Over 2 million tourists have visited Albanian museums to learn about our national heritage in the past 3 years. 2019 was the year with the highest number of visitors in the country\u2019s museums and archeological parks \u2013 1 million tourists visited Albanian museums in that one year. Since then, the state budget for the cultural [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":682,"height":384,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years","datePublished":"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/"},"wordCount":187,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png","keywords":["Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/","name":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png","datePublished":"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00","dateModified":"2022-02-11T17:22:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Kala.png","width":682,"height":384},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/2-million-tourists-visited-albanian-museums-in-3-years\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2 million tourists visited Albanian museums in 3 years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","name":"Euronews Albania","description":"Top stories in Albania, Kosovo and the Balkans","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization","name":"Euronews Albania","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/logo-mobile-euronews-albania-1.png","width":280,"height":33,"caption":"Euronews Albania"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","https:\/\/x.com\/euronewsalbania"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f","name":"Nen Si","sameAs":["http:\/\/euronews.al\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/author\/nensi\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}