Saranda Airport to be launched soon: Rama

 One of the projects of Saranda Airport in paper

 Saranda Airport is a promise of the government and an important work that will become a reality very soon and is expected to have a great impact on the growth of tourism and economic development.

Prime Minister Edi Rama announced today that the airport of Saranda will soon be launched, which will be a mainly seasonal international airport, very necessary for the development of the economy and tourism.

In the meeting with the local mayors in Pogradec, Rama focused on the new investments that are continuing in Vlora and that we are doing well, state media reports.

"In Vlora, other investments are also doing well, not only those that have been completed such as the Bypass, but I am talking about other investments from Orikum-Llogora, the Llogora tunnel, to the investment in the second phase of Lungomare and the phase of the third one that will lead the line of transformation and behavior in the century we live in and the part across Radhima towards Orikum", said Rama, as he pointed out that the positive progress of investments is also seen in all other directions that are related with the health service, education.

"The Vlora River Road, which is also completed, has opened a perspective for development that until yesterday was impossible to imagine because there was no access to the Labëria area. Even there, we must do our best to move forward with a vision to bring another type of tourism that will expand the tourist season even during the winter for these areas. And this is where all the municipalities should reflect, as far as the extent of tourism in the interior is concerned", said Rama.

The prime minister also emphasized that the investment for the transformation of the "Sulo" palace into an innovation center will soon begin.

"In Vlora, we are starting the transformation of the "Sulo" palace into an innovation and culture center that will be the largest in Albania and in the region for the nature of the work it will do. The project was made by the Albanian Development Fund. The structure is placed with the architects to be preserved. This investment will be an added value", said Rama.

For the moment in Albania are two aeroports active, the Tirana International Airport and Kukesi International Airport, while

Vlora International Airport is an airport under construction since 2021 in the Vjosa-Narta Protected Landscape, 10 km north of the city of Vlorë in Albania. This airport will be the third international airport in Albania after Tirana International Airport and Kukës International Airport. The project also includes the construction of a marina and agri-tourism site as part of the airport..