{"id":84302,"date":"2026-05-01T18:33:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84302"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:55:21","slug":"50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/","title":{"rendered":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"112\" data-end=\"364\">A group of 50 parachutists from Italy have opened this year\u2019s tourist season at the Gjirokast\u00ebr aerodrome. The Italian parachutists performed jumps from an aircraft at an altitude of 3,000 meters, putting on a real spectacle for air sports enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"597\">The activity was organized as a collaboration between <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Skydive Albania<\/span><\/span> and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Albanian Aeronautical Federation<\/span><\/span>, marking the first event in this year\u2019s calendar at the Gjirokast\u00ebr tourist-sports aerodrome.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"599\" data-end=\"900\">\u201cIt\u2019s the eighth time we come here to Albania. We feel very good and try to organize activities here several times a year. Gjirokast\u00ebr is a wonderful city with strong tourism potential. I believe it will welcome many Italians again this year, as interest in visiting it is high,\u201d said one parachutist.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"902\" data-end=\"1185\">\u201cThis is the third time I\u2019ve taken part in activities held at the Gjirokast\u00ebr aerodrome. It is truly beautiful\u2014the landscape is amazing. The city and the castle, when seen from the sky, look truly impressive. It\u2019s a great opportunity for Italian tourists,\u201d said a female participant.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1187\" data-end=\"1389\">Another Italian added: \u201cIt\u2019s always exciting to return to activities like these here in Gjirokast\u00ebr. The city is fantastic, and skydiving gives you adrenaline. I will always be present in your country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1391\" data-end=\"1593\">The organization of international air sports activities has become a tradition for <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Gjirokast\u00ebr<\/span><\/span>. Events like these promote tourism and attract many visitors to the \u201cstone city.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 50 parachutists from Italy have opened this year\u2019s tourist season at the Gjirokast\u00ebr aerodrome. The Italian parachutists performed jumps from an aircraft at an altitude of 3,000 meters, putting on a real spectacle for air sports enthusiasts. The activity was organized as a collaboration between Skydive Albania and the Albanian Aeronautical Federation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":84303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,1803],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - 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\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A group of 50 parachutists from Italy have opened this year\u2019s tourist season at the Gjirokast\u00ebr aerodrome. The Italian parachutists performed jumps from an aircraft at an altitude of 3,000 meters, putting on a real spectacle for air sports enthusiasts. The activity was organized as a collaboration between Skydive Albania and the Albanian Aeronautical Federation, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\" \/>\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=\"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1582\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"896\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nen Si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f\"},\"headline\":\"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\"},\"wordCount\":247,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"kryesore 1\",\"Kryesoret\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Albania\",\"Latest news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\",\"name\":\"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - Euronews Albania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg\",\"width\":1582,\"height\":896},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome\"}]},{\"@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":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - 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\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - Euronews Albania","og_description":"A group of 50 parachutists from Italy have opened this year\u2019s tourist season at the Gjirokast\u00ebr aerodrome. The Italian parachutists performed jumps from an aircraft at an altitude of 3,000 meters, putting on a real spectacle for air sports enthusiasts. The activity was organized as a collaboration between Skydive Albania and the Albanian Aeronautical Federation, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/","og_site_name":"Euronews Albania","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/euronews.al\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1582,"height":896,"url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Nen Si","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_site":"@euronewsalbania","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Nen Si","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/"},"author":{"name":"Nen Si","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/444d280f35e047949b7f0bc08093608f"},"headline":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome","datePublished":"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/"},"wordCount":247,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg","keywords":["kryesore 1","Kryesoret"],"articleSection":["Albania","Latest news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/","name":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome - Euronews Albania","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-01T16:33:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-01T16:55:21+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot_235.jpg","width":1582,"height":896},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/50-parachutists-from-italy-open-the-tourist-season-at-the-citys-aerodrome\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"50 parachutists from Italy open the tourist season at the city\u2019s aerodrome"}]},{"@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\/84302"}],"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=84302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84304,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84302\/revisions\/84304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}