Protests for Zvërnec, Rama: 4 billion dollar project, the largest investment for tourism in Europe

2026-06-07 18:21:57Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama, speaking at the 35th anniversary of the Socialist Party in Elbasan, focused on the protests that have been taking place in the capital for several days.

Rama defended large tourism projects and foreign investments, arguing that they bring economic development, jobs and increased income for local communities.

He took as an example the transformation of Tivat in Montenegro after the investment in Porto Montenegro, while criticizing the opposition to similar projects in Albania, describing them as an obstacle to exploiting the country's development opportunities.

According to him, Albania should not miss out on strategic investments that could impact economic and tourism growth.

"Montenegro would not be what it is today if the project that paved the way for the transformation of Montenegro had been done here. If that project had been done here, that great Canadian entrepreneur, who closed the door here and fled to Montenegro, today we would not be who we are, but we would also have first place in salaries, pensions and other income, just thanks to that part of the tourism industry, luxury tourism.

Those who say that we don't need luxury tourism because we don't have the money to go to those resorts, don't know that in fact those resorts and hotels are the engines of their economy, of the country that has them, of the people who live in that country. Those resorts and hotels are not disconnected from the reality of the country. Those who come there need the country, the services that the country has, they are the reason why farmers can produce more and sell better. Why fishermen can sell better, why shops, taxis, vans can have much more work and income. Those resorts and hotels are the reason why the state receives more taxes.

That Porto Montenegro, while the entrepreneur who initiated it wanted to build it in Durrës, placed it in a more backward area of ??Montenegro, with very low incomes, the youth who were leaving because they had nothing to do there. Today Tivat hosts 5 million tourists a year because of that port, the hotels and what it brings afterwards. Today the services in Tivat are provided by the people of that country. For all the young men and women of Montenegro there is a quality job, there is a job that there is no reason to leave and look for abroad.

What are we? Are we stupid that others take the opportunities that we let slip? All the transformation we have made, but it is a country that is mentioned by the whole world, that is mentioned as a tourist destination, it is a country where 12 million tourists came last year, in such a strategic position. The fact that Albania is a tolerant country, a country where you don't call anyone "scoundrel", that is why investors are interested.

The project that is being resisted in the most absurd way is an investment of 4 billion euros, the largest in Europe for many, many years, and we are going to do it like a cow, when the people say, that fills the bucket and then kicks it, showing the world a completely different picture from what we are, we are going to do it like a cow by distributing all kinds of wrong messages on all those scummy social media channels? Albania does not belong to Albanians, because the Albanian's home belongs to the master and the friend! ", he said.


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