TIRANA, February 8/ATA/ Minister of Tourism and Environment Mirela Kumbaro said today that 560,000 foreign visitors came to Albania in January.

This figure, she emphasized, was 14.5% higher than last year, almost 3 times more than 4 years ago.

"More than half a million foreign visitors in the first month of the year alone show that Albania has left behind seasonal tourism and has consolidated a new chapter in sustainable tourism where there are visitors to the guesthouses, mountain trails, climbing peaks, historical cities, museums and castles, while in the next four years the country is ambitious to be the Balkan’s champion in this industry," said Kumbaro. /r.e/p.s./