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Prime Minister Edi Rama has addressed another message to protesters demanding his resignation after a week of continuous protests in Tirana, which have spread to several European capitals, but also to the main cities of Albania.
As he considers the "flamingo boulevard", Rama asks the protesters what they have to do with the mountain package, for which they are demanding the repeal of the law. The Prime Minister emphasizes that nothing will stop the development of tourism in Albania, thus responding to the protesters' demands regarding the repeal of the laws on strategic investors, the cancellation of the Zvërnec project, the cancellation of the mountain package, as well as the cancellation of any changes to the law on protected areas.
" What about the Mountain Package? Shouldn't the Flamingos of the Boulevard or even those who have inherited lands in mountainous Albania enjoy their property by developing an agrotourism, an agroprocessing factory, a farm?!"
Today, they do not receive a certificate with the 7501, because they divided the land according to the old borders and have never accepted the 7501, but without a certificate they cannot receive permits, subsidies from the state, financing from EU funds, or loans from banks.
"While the Mountains Package, which is a solution shaped over years that has their support and is attracting thousands of immigrants to invest in their land, closes the legal gap, paves the way for the introduction of mountains into our economy through sustainable tourism development ," Rama said.
Edi Rama's reaction
What about the Mountains Package? Shouldn't the Boulevard Flamingos or even those who have inherited lands in mountainous Albania enjoy their property by developing an agrotourism, an agroprocessing workshop, a farm?!
Today, they do not receive a certificate with the 7501, because they divided the land according to the old borders and have never accepted the 7501, but without a certificate they cannot receive permits, subsidies from the state, financing from EU funds, or loans from banks.
While the Mountain Package, which is a solution shaped over years that has their support and is attracting thousands of immigrants to invest in their land, closes the legal gap, paves the way for the introduction of mountains into our economy through sustainable tourism development.
Ah, protected areas, nature, yes, what will the imaginary revolution save by canceling the Mountains Package?
What about Austria?
When talking about development in protected areas, it often feels like the choice is a hard one:
Or nature. Or development.
In fact, protected areas are divided into different categories and have different levels of protection, from category I where construction is totally excluded to, for example, category V, as in the peninsular part of Zvërnec, where since the 2017 law it is clear that construction can be carried out under certain conditions.
The Austrian Alps are among the most protected and beautiful landscapes in Europe. Within and around the protected areas along them are hundreds of alpine villages, hotels, resorts, cable cars, ski resorts, hiking trails and modern infrastructure that attract millions of visitors every year.
Regions like Tyrol or destinations like Kitzbühel have long since become global brands of mountain tourism.
However, no one can ever say that Austria sacrificed the Alps for tourism. On the contrary. Austria built tourism for the Alps.
Those wise people understood early on that the landscape was not an obstacle to development, but rather the very foundation of development.
So the Austrian model was never: "Don't build anything."
But it was: “Build with care. Build with quality. Build where it needs to be. Protect what is irreplaceable.”
Today, tourism generates billions of euros each year for the Austrian economy and supports hundreds of thousands of jobs, while Austria remains one of the countries with the highest standards of nature protection in Europe.
The question is not whether nature and development can coexist.
The question is whether we have the vision, knowledge and discipline to make them allies of each other, increasing the environmental sustainability of the country and the Albanian economy thanks to high-quality tourism with high income. Because when nature is treated as a country's greatest asset, it is not protected by isolating it from the economy, but by turning it into the heart of the economy.
Therefore, I repeat: the stupidity that has held Albania hostage for 100 years will not stop it from continuing the path it has set out to enter this country into the league of world tourism champions.
Me paketen e maleve eshte e njejta skeme. Pas cdo investimi do jesh ti me oligarket e tu. Nderkombetaret japin vetem emrin dhe marrin perqindjen e tyre. Investimin e ben ti kryehajdut me Cetin Zamirin Dulakun and co. Je ti pronar de facto. Te gjithe e dine, pervec teje.
Ik e mandakall, je i mbaruar tashme i tejkaluar!
Ky eshte ndyresire e papastrueshme. Jo vetem qe na ka len troke por dhe na fyn. Flamingo bulevardi, na qun ndyresira kurse une duke qen nje i tille e kam per nder se nuk i perkas klubit te qelbesirave ku qelbesira me e qelbur eshte ai vete Edvin Kristaq Rama. Po, tamam ne flamingot ne dreq kemi per te te çuar Edvin me gjithe ushtrine tende te ndyresirave. Dorehiqu me te mire dhe lere cinizmin me ata qe te shikojne si faraon apo sulltan jo me ne qe ste pjerdhim fare.
Nuk ka gje me te keqe se mungesa besimit. Askush nuk te beson me o i gjate. Tani bashke me ballukun te vendi.