Albania Tourism

Central 

The central government is responsible for:

  • The overall policy;
  • Interministerial Tourism Committee;
  • Advisory Committee on Private Sector Tourism;
  • National Tourism Agency;
  • The Action Plan, including awareness and marketing; product development; investments; human resources; assessment; data management.
  • Sustainable tourism in collaboration with all stakeholders of the tourism industry;
  • Developing and submiting for approval at Territory National Council, the National Plan Tourism and ensure its implementation;
  • Developing and submiting for approval at Council of Ministers, strategy development for tourism and action plan
  • Managing the Central Registry Tourism and National Resource Registry
    supporting and cooperating with groups in market research process regarding resources and tourist products
  • Financially support projects
  • Take measures for the maintenance, protection and promotion of employment in the tourism
  • Industry by giving priority to youth employment;
  • Promote, support and cooperate with public and private institutions in the collection,
  • Processing and management of tourism data
  • Coordinating enforcement of legal provisions, including conventions and international
  • Agreements in the field of tourism;
  • Cooperating with international organizations operating tourism programs
  • Proposing to the National Council of Territory priority development areas
  • Cooperating with the competent authorities and ensuring the safety and protection of visitors, domestic or foreign and promoting and monitoring the implementation of the Code of Global Ethics in Tourism;

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Economic Development, Tourism, Trade and Entrepreneurship
Private Sector Advisory Committee
Agencies and Inspectorates named under Law. 93/2015.
 
Regional

District representatives and representatives of associations are responsible for:

  • Provide a forum to address issues related or arising from tourist activities
  • Provide a forum for cooperation, between local government, ministry responsible for tourism and other institutions at the local level, to discuss the issues that arise in the field of tourism development, the implementation of national policy and other issues in a related field;
  • The Committee shall meet at least twice a year and any other required by the mayor.


Responsible ministries/bodies

District Representatives / Prefect


Local

Local authorities are responsible for:

  • The inventory on the main tourist resources;
  • The inventory of tourism businesses;
  • Technical assistance;
  • Propositions to institutions.
  • Establishing an inventory of key resources
  • Providing support for infrastructure and business activities in the Tourism sector at the local level,
  • Ensuring compliance of local businesses with Tourism law and policy
    contribute to the development of various kinds of local tourism, such as cultural tourism, agritourism etc.
  • Playing an active role in diversifying tourism products, in collaboration with all Central and local institutions and stakeholders
  • Provide information for tourism statistics,
  • Cooperating on measures to provide health care services for visitors / tourists, within the
  • Jurisdiction of local government unit, by applying standards defined by the Ministry responsible for tourism
  • Take measures to establish and maintain a healthy environment within the jurisdiction of their territory.


Sources:

VisitAlbania

Law no. 93/2015 On Tourism

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