Our Services
Our mission is to promote Albania by highlighting and marketing the rich diversity, history, landscape, and culture of each city and region in the country. The destinations we are focused with our projects and expertise are: Tirana, the capital of Albania and UNESCO sites in the country such as Gjirokastra; Berat, Saranda and Lake Ohrid.
OUR PROJECTS
Visit Tirana
Visit Tirana is one of the first important projects of DMO Albania. Tirana is the capital of Albania, the center of all cultural events and MICE travel. The tourism platform that we build is the main source of information for all tourists visiting the city. We have been referred to as official tourism site for Tirana by prestigious media like Lonely planet, Bradt guides
The portal is built in three languages, English, Italian and Albanian. All the new attractions, museums, galleries, cultural sites, main squares and neighborhoods can be found there, with plenty of suggestions what to do in Tirana…
Read MoreVisit Gjirokastra, promoting the city
Gjirokastra is a UNESCO city located in southeast Albania. The city has huge potential as it encompasses the richness of Albanian culture and civilizations, with beautiful architecture, birthplace of Nobel laureate writer, Ismail Kadare. Yet, no initiative on branding and marketing the destination existed until 2018!
But destination marketers can’t invent an identity; residents and visitors need to reveal it by sharing their perspectives. Our role as DMO in this project, besides our research was to get locals to work together to find the unique stories that resonate with both residents and potential visitors…
Read MorePromoting Lake Ohrid
Promoting Lake Ohrid region is a continuous project of our team.
It started back in 2016 as part of a project financed by European Union and Ministry of Environment of Albania and implemented by UNESCO. The project entitled” Towards strengthened governance of the shared trans boundary natural and cultural heritage of the Lake Ohrid region”. This project lasted from 2016-2018. We were in charge to promote the project and raise awareness among the community and engage them in promoting Lake Ohrid beauty. The project included writing blogs, updating social media, producing newsletters, organizing social media photo contest, producing albums etc…
LAKE OHRID-Promotional Campaign and Events
UNESCO /EU funded project
- Information and awareness campaign blogs and articles https://lakeohrid.blogspot.com/
- Design, production and distribution of quarterly newsletter in three languages, 8 editions
- Social media management
- Organizing social media contest with community
- Event logistics for seminars and conferences on behalf of UNESCO
Green Tirana Destination and Tours
Green Tirana is a new initiative dedicated to sustainable tourism in and around Tirana. You can book different tours and activities in Tirana, find diverse information on sustainability in Albania and also get support as a tourism business in the field of sustainability. The topic of sustainability becomes more and more important nowadays, also and especially in the tourism industry. Not only is it our responsibility but also our future to act, live and travel in a sustainable way. Sustainable travel means minimizing the negative impact on environment and culture, and maximizing the positive impact on local communities and experiences of the tourist, while managing resources responsibly to safeguard them for future generations.
A project by DMO Albania to promote sustainable tourism in the country. Read more: www.greentirana.com
Raising awareness and lobbying at stakeholders for establishing the DMO model in Albania
Project started in 15 December 2020 and ending in 15 December 2021. The project is implementing by DMO ALBANIA, and falls under Co Plan Institute for Habitat Development action titled “ Dialogue for Inclusive Evidence- Based Policy Dialogue in Albania”, funded by the European Union.
About the project: The National Strategy for Sustainable Tourism Development 2019-2023 is starting to be implemented, but still has many difficulties…
Read MoreFrom hell to hell: The story of Albanian survivors from Mauthausen concentration camp
This project tells the story of Albanian survivors from the notorious concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria, by shaping, recording their personal stories and collecting documents form Albanian archive regarding National Socialist period in Albania.
The stories are unique, since they escape the hell to live in another hell, in Communist regime of Dictator Enver Hoxha. Some of them were imprisoned again in dictatorship, considered as spies or collaborators with foreign enemies…
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