TIRANA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Tourist influx increased by 13.4 percent year on year during the first four months of 2017, data published by Institute of Statistics (INSTAT) showed Friday.

In its report on the number of international citizens coming to Albania during January-April period, INSTAT said that the number reached 961,000 during this period, thus growing compared to 848,000 arrivals registered in same period of last year.

About 98.3 percent of the foreign citizens came to Albania for personal reasons, the report showed.

However, experts of the institute of statistics here noted that the group of visitors coming to Albania for holiday purposes increased significantly, although the tourist season has not started yet.

Only in April 2017, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Albania was 126,789 while in April 2016 it was 63,911, they said.

Tourists mostly entered the border mostly by land from Kosovo and Macedonia and by air.

In the meantime, about 1.4 million Albanians traveled abroad during the first four months of 2017, report confirmed.

The Albanian authorities expect a higher number of tourists this summer season which would be translated in higher revenues to the state budget from this sector. Enditem

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