{"id":2806,"date":"2020-02-03T16:29:17","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T15:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2022-02-02T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T16:04:16","slug":"tourism-governance-in-albania-an-assessment-of-the-policy-framework-for-the-tourism-sector-in-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/tourism-governance-in-albania-an-assessment-of-the-policy-framework-for-the-tourism-sector-in-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Governance in Albania: An Assessment of the Policy Framework for the Tourism Sector in Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, I, 2019, 69-85<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Aida Ciro<\/h3>\n<h4>Summary<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For several years, tourism in Albania was driven primarily by enthusiasm; (a) the enthusiasm of foreigners witnessing a piece of communist memorabilia amidst a beautiful, intact history and natural landscape; (b) the enthusiasm of locals, able to finally perceive the dimensions and values of their own country as free citizens; and (c) the daring enthusiasm of nascent entrepreneurs and developers undertaking investments, whether out of bravery or confidence in their foresight. In addition to enthusiasm (both a natural and necessary driver in any pioneering stages of development), governance is fundamental to the development of tourism into a sustainable sector and is deserving of research attention. This is particularly the case in Albania, as the tourism sector is generally under-studied. This article analyses the governance of the sector between 1992 and 2019 from a policy perspective, describing the inherent challenges it faces today. It also offers a number of recommendations for policy-makers to consider in the process of improving governance of the tourism sector.<\/p>\n<p>Read full article here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Tourism-Governance-in-Albania_Aida-Ciro.pdf\">Tourism Governance in Albania An Assessment of the Policy Framework for the Tourism Sector in Albania<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, I, 2019, 69-85 Aida Ciro Summary For several years, tourism in Albania was driven primarily by enthusiasm; (a) the enthusiasm of foreigners witnessing a piece of communist memorabilia amidst a beautiful, intact history and natural landscape; (b) the enthusiasm of locals, able to finally perceive the dimensions and values of their own country as free citizens; and (c) the daring enthusiasm<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/tourism-governance-in-albania-an-assessment-of-the-policy-framework-for-the-tourism-sector-in-albania\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3220,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2806\/revisions\/3220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.co-plan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}