Edi Rama, from the Tourism Fair in Berlin, said that Albania was once the North Korea of Europe, while in the last year 11 million passengers have passed through the "Mother Teresa" airport.
Rama invited the Germans, but not only to visit Albania, while saying that our country has much to discover, writes A2 CNN.
"Do you want to know that tourists have increased 10 times in Albania in the last 10 years, starting with the blue waters, the virgin beaches, the mountains, the wild landscape, which is for those who love nature, from the UNESCO castles.
"The growth is so great and it's not stopping. Come see for yourself. Albania, it's not what you thought, Albania is much more. Albania is all the senses.
It is a real pleasure to be here in an activity that just a few years ago would have been difficult for us to imagine, it is a pleasure that today brings a little sunshine from Albania. Of course, it is a great pleasure to quote here one of the largest press organizations in Germany, “Bild”, which not so long ago reserved for us not very pleasant articles, saying that Albania is no longer an unknown destination, but is expected to become a hot spot for those who love the sun. Albania is the fastest growing destination in the world and we also have the fastest growing airport in the world. Finally, we see German tourists coming to Albania.
We were the North Korea of Europe, we grew up when our airport had few passengers every year and I'm talking up until 1990, from our corner of the world. We were completely isolated, but since we had gone through something that no one in communist Europe had gone through, we in Albania couldn't wear beards, there was a barbershop at the airport and tourists couldn't enter without going through the barber once. Today, 11 million passengers have passed through the "Mother Teresa" airport, Rama said from Berlin, Rama said. (A2 Televizion)