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Albania is set to be one of the top travel destinations for this year as it has been tipped by Lonely Planet, FInanacial Times and Cox & Kings Travel company.

Article by Ben Hartman

Albanian tour operator Shkelgim “Jimmy” Lama was among the contingent manning the Albanian booth at the Tel Aviv International Mediterranean Tourism Fair (TIMT), below a banner that read: “Albania – a new Mediterranean love.”

Lama said the Albanian delegation came to Israel this year because the country is emerging as a tourist destination after more than four decades of being cut off from the outside world during the reign of Marxist dictator Enver Hoxha, who cultivated a bizarre cult of personality and helped make Albania Europe’s poorest and most-isolated country.

Albania Private Tours (Tours Albania) took part in the I.M.T.M 2012 18 International Mediterranean Tourism Market February 14-15, 2012

We will also participate the in ITB Berlin 07-11 March 2012 the world’s Leading Travel Trade Show.

Our own 'Jimmy' Lama recently returned from a successful Trade Show in Tel Aviv and has featured strongly in a news article in the Jerusalem Post.

Read the full article in the Jerusalem Post here

The article looks at both Albania and Serbia as growing tourist destinations for the Israel travel market.