Summer flights from the UK to Albania are on sale for under £50 return. Beachfront apartments in the resort of Durres can be rented for less than £20 a night. A full meal with drinks comes in at under £10. But the nation’s tourism minister insists: “We are aiming for high-end tourism in Albania.”
Mirela Kumbaro, whose brief also includes the environment, was speaking exclusively to The Independent. In a wide-ranging interview, the tourism minister says she is “pushing for four- and five-star hotels with international brand names” – and hits out against comparisons between Albania and the Maldives.
