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The untamed river valleys and the breathtaking atmosphere of the Vjosa Wild River National Park attracts wilderness enthusiasts and adventurers alike into Albania every year. Near the Bënja thermal baths, this national park is where the Lile family farm and restaurant sits. Along with accommodations and Albanian and Greek cuisine, the Liles’ family business offers wine, gliko (a traditional fruit preserve) and raki, a distilled liquor that is popular in the Balkans and the southern Mediterranean.

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Baskets of vegetables carried by three women of the Lile family

Culture, cuisine, and countryside

In recent years the number of tourists visiting Albania more than doubled. This presents a great opportunity for family-run agritourism businesses to increase their capacity to meet the growing demands.

Merima at her store of souvenirs

Entrepreneur turns problems into profit

Merima is a young agricultural engineer from Bosnia and Herzegovina who knew how to take advantage of the needs that arose in the pandemic to implement them in his tourism business.

Four people talking outdoors

"How my tourism business survived COVID-19"

Dekha Dewandana is the owner of a homestay in Indonesia. Despite the pandemic, he never gave up and turned the best host of his own village.