Visitor numbers rise at Kosovo’s hotels, Albania leads among foreign tourists

In August 2026, hotels registered 101,792 visitors, 10% more than in the same month last year. The number of overnight stays by foreign visitors rose by 17.5%, with Albania as the main country of origin.

Hotels in Kosovo recorded an increase in visitor numbers during August 2026, compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to statistical data, 101,792 visitors stayed at the country’s hotels during that month, compared to 92,544 visitors in August 2025, marking an increase of 10%.

Of the total number of visitors, 37,986 were domestic, while 63,806 were foreign visitors. The latter made up the largest share of visitors registered at hotels during August.

An increase was also recorded in overnight stays. During August 2026, a total of 212,411 overnight stays were registered at Kosovo’s hotels, of which 135,740 were by foreign visitors and 76,671 by domestic visitors.

“In August 2026, the number of visitors at hotels was 101,792, of whom 37,986 were domestic visitors and 63,806 were foreign visitors. Compared to August 2025 (when there were 92,544 visitors), the total number of hotel visitors increased by 10.0%. The number of overnight stays was 212,411, of which 135,740 (62.6%) were by foreign visitors and 76,671 (or 36.1%) by domestic visitors,” the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) publication states.

The data show that the number of overnight stays by foreign visitors rose by 17.5% compared to August 2025, when 115,537 overnight stays were registered. Meanwhile, domestic visitors accounted for 76,671 overnight stays, compared to 76,874 in the same month of the previous year.

Albania was the country from which the largest number of foreign visitors to Kosovo’s hotels came during August 2026.

According to the data, 12,291 visitors were registered from Albania, compared to 9,637 in August 2025, representing an increase of 27.5%.

Visitors from Germany ranked after Albania, with 10,219 visitors, up from 9,898 a year earlier, marking an increase of 3.2%.

An increase was also registered among visitors from Switzerland and Turkey. From Switzerland, 5,633 visitors stayed at Kosovo’s hotels, compared to 5,219 in August 2025, or 7.9% more. From Turkey, 4,004 visitors were registered, compared to 3,622 a year earlier, marking an increase of 10.5%.

In the category of other countries, 31,658 visitors were registered, up from 31,109 in the same period of the previous year, an increase of 1.8%.

The most pronounced increase among the countries presented in the statistics was recorded in overnight stays by visitors from Albania.

During August 2026, visitors from Albania accounted for 26,418 overnight stays at Kosovo’s hotels, compared to 16,039 overnight stays in August 2025. This represents an increase of 64.7%.

“As for foreign visitors in August 2026, compared to the previous period (August 2025), there was an increase of visitors of 7.3%. In total, 63,806 foreign visitors, of whom the largest number was from: Albania, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey, etc.”

Visitors from Germany accounted for 22,484 overnight stays, up from 20,624 a year earlier, an increase of 9%.

From Turkey, 7,612 overnight stays were registered, compared to 5,580 in August 2025, representing an increase of 36.4%.

On the other hand, overnight stays by visitors from Switzerland marked a decline. In August 2026, 10,019 overnight stays from that country were registered, compared to 10,664 in the same period of the previous year, or 6% fewer.

Meanwhile, visitors from other countries accounted for 69,208 overnight stays, compared to 62,630 a year earlier, marking an increase of 10.5%.