{"id":68394,"date":"2024-04-06T21:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=68394"},"modified":"2024-04-06T21:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T19:52:58","slug":"tourist-season-in-durres-operators-successful-season-with-old-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/tourist-season-in-durres-operators-successful-season-with-old-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist season in Durr\u00ebs, operators: Successful season with old problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Durr\u00ebs, often referred to as the capital of tourism in Albania, is starting a summer season, which seems to be successful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Reservations start in May, around the second week of May, where the Spanish and Baltic markets stand out, which are new, and it continues with the Poles, as it has always been, but also with the Germans after the summer season&#8221;, says Aleksand\u00ebr Granolli, tour operator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The extension of the season from May to the end of October was very successful last year, when Durr\u00ebs registered about 1.5 million tourists. Therefore, this year the season of sand and sun is expected to last longer than the typical 3 months of summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With all the work done, this new summer season is expected to come with old problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The problems remain the same, where we can mainly focus on the marked lack of specialized but also simple human resources, the instability of the currency, the occasional early strengthening of the lek in relation to the euro and the dollar&#8221;, emphasizes Artan Luku, chairman of DHTI Durres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In last year&#8217;s report, Durr\u00ebs is among the only tourist cities in the country, which has a fair price-service ratio. 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