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The Flamingo Revolution continues to raise the question of who benefits from Albania's tourism boom—and what role travelers can play.
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Meta Blocks Albania Resort Protest Accounts as Kushner Tourism Investment Faces New Scrutiny
Jared Kushner’s Albania resort faces new scrutiny after Meta blocked Instagram accounts covering protests against the €1.4 billion tourism project.
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Booming tourism and climate change threaten Albania's coast
Albania's coast is being hit by a double whammy of climate change and chaotic tourist development. From Velipoja in the north where the waves are swallowing a century-old forest, to the tourist ...
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Albania assures EU its Kushner-linked tourism project will meet environmental standards
The Albanian government has assured the European Commission that a controversial project linked to US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will comply with environmental law, Enlargement ...
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Protests escalate in Albania over Kushner-linked tourism project
TIRANA — Protests intensified in Albania on Tuesday over a planned tourism development linked to US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. Demonstrators have ...
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Albania’s Tourism Industry is Booming, But at What Cost?
Critics are questioning the impact of Albania’s tourism boom on the environment and the lives of ordinary Albanians. In the past year, Sherif Durmishaj has taken on a dozen foreign employees – 10 from ...
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Albania’s ‘Elite Tourism’ Pits David Against Goliath in Fight for Water
In southwestern Albania, a government plan to harness a village’s natural springs for the needs of a luxury tourism development has locals up in arms. Locals call the pond created by the natural ...
News Albania » Has » Tourism: Protests escalate in Albania over Kushner-linked $4B coastal tourism project
Thousands march in Tirana against plans to develop a protected coastal ecosystem into a luxury tourism destination, citing environmental risks and concerns over changes to conservation laws. Protests ...