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100 million Lek to be spent on soft loans to boost tourism

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TIRANA, Septemberؔhe ministry of finance will earmark 100 million Lek (1.5 million euro) in Albania’s 2010 budget for soft loans to investors in tourism, including hotel capacity, a newspaper reported.
“The government will support families that are interested in applying for investment in family tourism,” Deputy Finance Minister Sherefedin Shehu said.
“It will initiate a special project for supporting companies that will invest in tourist resorts.”
The funds are part of a drive to spur tourism in the country’s south, according to the Gazeta Shqiptare newspaper.

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