{"id":196624,"date":"2026-05-13T11:31:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=196624"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T09:31:54","slug":"luxus-magazine-albania-your-next-major-luxury-destination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-albania-your-next-major-luxury-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"[LUXUS MAGAZINE] Albania: Your Next Major Luxury Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania hasn\u2019t yet made its way onto every luxury travel itinerary. And that\u2019s a shame. The country has undergone a profound transformation. Its Ionian Riviera now boasts a rare combination of attractions: pristine waters, five-star hotels, and a sense of exclusivity that remains intact. Savvy travelers have already caught on to this. For everyone else, it\u2019s not too late to discover the wonders of Albania.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Albania, a country plagued by stereotypes<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>For decades, Albania has suffered from a negative image inherited from its communist past and the instability of the 1990s<\/b>. These preconceived notions have persisted far beyond reality. <b>Many European travelers have simply never reconsidered their perception of the country<\/b>. <b>Yet today, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diplomatie.gouv.fr\/fr\/information-par-pays\/albanie\/dernieres-minutes-et-alertes\"><b>traveling to Albania<\/b><\/a><b> poses no particular difficulties for French nationals<\/b>. Moreover, the numbers speak for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In <b>2024<\/b>, the country welcomed <b>11.7 million international visitors<\/b>, according to Albanian authorities. <b>Marriott, Hyatt, MGallery, and Aman have opened or announced properties there<\/b>. <b>Over three billion euros have been invested in strategic tourism projects since 2016<\/b>. In five years, the hotel inventory has grown from zero to<b>seventeen five-star properties<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the discerning traveler, these are <b>significant indicators<\/b>. <b>Albania now attracts high-end tourism<\/b> with the infrastructure to match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/en\/albania-your-next-major-luxury-destination\/\">Click here to read the full article<\/a> on Luxus Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo: Getty Images\/Unsplash+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania hasn\u2019t yet made its way onto every luxury travel itinerary. And that\u2019s a shame. The country has undergone a profound transformation. Its Ionian Riviera now boasts a rare combination of attractions: pristine waters, five-star hotels, and a sense of exclusivity that remains intact. Savvy travelers have already caught on to this. For everyone else, it\u2019s not too late to discover the wonders of Albania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":196621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"The Albanian Riviera, 5-star hotels, turquoise beaches: why Albania is emerging as the new luxury destination in the Mediterranean.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22488],"tags":[23414,22999,24191,23030,25609],"class_list":["post-196624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-en","tag-europe-en","tag-hotel-and-catering","tag-luxus-plus-mag-en-2","tag-riviera-en","tag-tourisme"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196625,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196624\/revisions\/196625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}