ALBANIA | NADA DOLLANI, XHON SKËNDERI, ARMELA MAXHELAKU 51 5. CONCLUDING REMARKS Tourism remains a key driver for socio and economic growth and development in Albania. Tourism in Albania is regulated by the following laws and by-laws: Law no. 93/2015 “On Tourism”, Law no. 55/2015 “On strategic investments”, Law no. 10,186,“On the regulation of state ownership to the construction plot in tourism priority areas”., Law no. 43/2020 “On maritime tourism activities”, DCM no. 162 “On the rules, procedures and methods of providing state immovable properties in priority areas for tourism development”, DCM no. 1023 “On strategic subsectors and areas with development priority”, DCM no. 1024 “On the approval of projects with “Strategic Potential Project” status” and Law no 9902 “On Consumer Protection”. The legal amendments to the existing tourism legislation have contributed at further strengthening the legal framework regulating tourism sector. Albania has a comprehensive legal framework which provides institutions and processes involved in the tourism sector, recently introduced processes such as: Certification and licensing of operators in the field of tourism and Categorisation and Classification of accommodation structures etc. Implementation of strategies, policy reforms and several incentives, has significantly improved the situation of tourism in Albania. Despite the good progress achieved so far, taking into consideration also the negative effect of pandemic, tourism is facing several challenges, which need to be addressed, such as informality, lack of administrative capacity, human resources capable to respond to the increasing demand and number of tourists, as well as lack of sufficient financial resources. 6. REFERENCES Law no. 93/2015 “On Tourism”. Law no. 55/2015 “On strategic investments”. Law no. 10,186, of 05 November 2009, “On the regulation of state ownership to the construction plot in tourism priority areas”. Law no. 9902, of 17 April 2008, “On Consumer Protection”. Decision of Council of Ministers no. 162, of 2 March 2016, “On the rules, procedures and methods of providing state immovable properties in priority areas for tourism development”. Decision of Council of Ministers no. 1023, of 16 December 2015, “On strategic subsectors and areas with development priority”.
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