Tourism in Albania: Curse or Blessing?

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)

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The protests in Albania continue, igniting plans for a luxury resort. What tourism does the country want?

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"Nobody consulted us and when we found ourselves in front of the fence with barbed wire we were in shock" says Kostaq Konomi, mayor of Zvërnec Owners of property and tax receipts, the inhabitants of this village for almost 20 years have been in dispute with Artur Shehu, the one who would sell the land to Albania Land Development for about 110 million euros.

vijesti.me

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Albanians have been taking to the streets for two months to oppose the planned construction of a luxury resort by Kushner and his wife Ivanka Trump on the island of Sazan, which threatens the habitat of wild flamingos.

n1info.rs

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The project to build a luxury complex, which the son-in-law of the US president, Jared Kushner, wants to realize on the largest Albanian island, strengthens the belief among Albanians

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The Albanians continue to protest against the construction of a luxury tourism complex on Sazan Island, designed by Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, becoming the symbol of the largest protests in the country since the fall of communism. They are furious because of Trump's and Kushner's plan to build a holiday complex on the country's largest island, especially after Ivanka, in a podcast episode now broadcast on a wide scale, described how it was …