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Albania RETAIL TRADE, SERVICES, AND TOURISM
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Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
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    Retail shops and service businesses opened all over Albania after the communists surrendered control of domestic trade and released their stranglehold on private economic initiative. Thousands of fruit and vegetable mongers converged on the streets of towns and cities. Private entrepreneurs bought out formerly state-run stores and restaurants and threw open the doors to new shops and workrooms. Import restrictions and price controls on food stimulated a lively black market. The Albanian Stalinists' aversion to the outside world had stunted the development of a tourism industry. From 1991, however, the government worked desperately to attract foreign visitors to replenish its hard-currency coffers.

    Data as of April 1992


    NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from The Library of Congress Country Studies and the CIA World Factbook. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania RETAIL TRADE, SERVICES, AND TOURISM information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania RETAIL TRADE, SERVICES, AND TOURISM should be addressed to the Library of Congress and the CIA.

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