Focus on: Albania and the Balkans

Due to our experiences in the last years, we collected an important bibliography on Albania and the Balkans countries which deserves a self-standing section and which focuses especially on the region tourism development and history. Check out our project The Riviera Perspective.

Albturist, 1958. Guide d’Albanie (avec un petit Manuel de conversation). Tirana: Albturist.

Aliaj, B. & Rossi, L., 2016. Albanian Riviera. An alternative model of Progress and Development for a next Generation Albania. Tirane: Mali Pleshti.

Aliaj, B., 2008. Misteri i Gjashtë: Cili është kurthi që mban peng zhvillimin dhe integrimin e ekonomisë shqiptare me botën modern?. Tiranë: Botimet Afrojdit.

Aliaj, B., 2008. The Sixth Mystery: Which are the mysteries that hinder Albanian economy to integrate with the rest of world. Tirana, POLIS press.

Aliaj, B., Janku, E., Allkja, L. & Dhamo, S., 2014. Albania 2030 Manifesto. Tirana: POLIS press.

Aliaj, B., Shutina, D., & Dhamo, S., 2010. Between Energy and the Vacuum: Co-PLAN and Urban Planning in Albania, Tiranë: POLIS Press.

Ascherson, N., 1988. Albania’s Dam Against Time. The Observer, 7 2.p. 9.

Beratti, D., 1937. L’Albanie. L’expansion belge & exportation réunies, p. 97.

Beyer, E., Hagemann, A. & ZInganel, M., 2013. Holidays after the Fall. Seaside Architecture and Urbanism in Bulgaria and Croatia. Berlin: jovis.

Bhattachaji, S., 2010. ‘I Like the Albanians Much’: Byron and Three Twentieth-Century British Travellers in Albania. Byron Journal, 38(1), pp. 39-48.

Biagini, A., 2005. Storia dell’Albania contemporanea. Milano: Bompiani.

Cattaruzza, A. & Sintès, P., 2012. Atlas géopolitique de Balkans. Un autre visage de l’Europe. Paris: Autrement.

Ciano, G., 2000. Diario 1937-1943. Milano: Rizzoli.

Ciro, A., 2019. Tourism Governance in Albania: An Assessment of the Policy Framework for the Tourism Sector in Albania. Annual Review of Territorial Governance in the Western Balkans, Volume I, pp. 69-85.

Consociazione Turistica Italiana, 1940. Albania. Milano: CTI.

Destani, B. & Elsie, R., 2008. Edward Lear in Albania: Journals of a Landscape Painter in the Balkans. London and New York: I. B. Taurus.

Disho, S., 1937. Le Tourisme en Albanie. L’expansion belge & exportation réunies, pp. 99-101.

Doka, D. & Humolli, F., 2015. The Role of Tourism in the Regional Development and European Integration. Tirana, EPICT Albania, pp. 202-205.

Dragićević Šešić, M. & Rogač Mijatović, L., 2014. Balkan Dissonant Heritage Narratives (and Their Attractiveness) for Tourism. American Journal of Tourism Management 2014, 3(1B), pp. 10-19.

Dragicevic-Sesic, M. & Dragojevic, S., 2004. Intercultural mediation in the Balkans. Sarajevo: OKO.

Ducellier, A., 1981. La facada marittime de L’Albanie au Moyen Age. Thessalokiques: Insitute for Balkan Studies.

Emanueli, L. & Lobosco, G., 2016. HyperNatural landscapes. In Albanian Riviera: An alternative model of Progress for a Next Generation Albania. Tirana: Mali Pleshti.

Emanueli, L., 2018. Riviera Reattiva. Macerata: Quodlibet.

Emanueli, L., 2018. Rivieras. In Albanian Riviera: An alternative model of Progress for a Next Generation Albania. Tirana: Mali Pleshti.

Gargano, O., 2014. La colonizzazione dell’immagine: l’Albania “latina” nell’Italia del primo Novecento. Iconocrazia, 05.

Gaulis, G., 1913. En Albanie : une excursion en Albanie en 1902. Paris: Point to jour.

Göler, D. & Doka, D., 2018. Tourism and Transition in the Western Balkans. Albania as a Laboratory for Tourism Development. Südosteuropa Mitteilungen, 58(4), pp. 88-97.

Hajdù, Z., Illes, I. & Raffay, Z., 2007. South-east Europe: state borders, cross-border relations, spatial structures. Pécs: MTA RKK.

Hall, D. R., 2001. Tourism and Development in Communist and Post-Communist Societies. In: Tourism and the Less Developed World. Issues and Case Studies. Oxon: CAB, pp. 91-107.

Hall, D., 1984. Foreign tourism under socialism. The Albanian “Stalinist” Model. Annals of Tourism Research, Volume 11, pp. 539-555.

Hall, D., 1990. Stalinism and tourism: a study of Albania and North Korea. Annals of Tourism Research, Issue 1, pp. 36-54.

Hosch, E., 2006. Storia dei Balcani. Bologna: Il Mulino.

Lazin, F., 2014. Local Government Reforms in Eastern Europe after the Collapse of the Soviet Union: Some Observations. Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava : časopis za teoriju i praksu javne uprave, 14(1), pp. 59-84.

Lehmann, T. & Gronau, W., 2019. Tourism development in transition economies of the western Balkans. Zeitschrift Für Tourismuswissenschaft, 11(1), pp. 45–64. doi:10.1515/tw-2019-0004.

Liçaj, B. & Molla, A., 2011. “Peeping” tourist: a case study of the state tourist agency Albturist. Berlin, T2M, pp. 1-9.

Liebe, K., 1989. Albanien: Daten: Fakten: Reisetips. In: Das Bild unserer Welt Europa vom Nordkap bis Sizilien. Munchen: ADAC Verlag , pp. 40-45.

Lizza, G., 2002. Etnie e frantumazione etnica nei Balcani. In: La comunità internazionale e la questione balcanica. Le Nazioni Unite, l’Alleanza atlantica e la gestione della crisi nell’area dell’ex Jugoslavia. Soveria Mannelli: Rubbettino, pp. 57-70.

Lobosco, G. & Lang, T., 2016. Slow road to Butrinti / Time-based reflections for an emerging touristic territory. In: Albanian Riviera. An alternative model of Progress and Development for the Next Generation Albania. Tirana: Mali Pleshti.

Logoreci, A., 1977. The Albanians: Europe’s Forgotten survivors. London: Victor Gollancz.

Mahuzier, A., 1965. L’Albanie entrouvre sus frontieres. Paris: Presses de la cité.

Malecka, R., 1997. Arti, Sporti dhe Turizmi ne Kohen Mbretit Zog I. Atdheu, 1 Mars, p.7.

Manxhari, M., 2015. Local Governance and Regional Development in Albania. In: Public Policy Making in the Western Balkans. Dordrecht: Springer.

Marku, A., 2012. Turizmi shqiptare. Tirana: Geer.

Marroni, F., 2013. Byron, Edward Lear and the Riddle of Albania. In: Santoro, Sara. Teramo: Edizioni D’Errico, pp. 87-106.

Metodijeski, D. & Temelkov, Z., 2014. Tourism policy of Balkan countries: Review of national tourism development strategies. UTMS Journal of Economics, 5(2), p. 231–239.

MeyersReisebucher, 1930. Adria: Dalmatien, Kroatische Küste, Bosnien, Italienische Adriaküste, Albanien, Korfu. Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut AG.

Ministero della Guerra, 1915. Albania. Guida Militare. Roma: Comando del Corpo di Stato Maggiore.

Muçollari, O., 2017. Albanian regional development opportunities and challenges in the framework of the EU policy. Eunomia. Rivista semestrale di Storia e Politica Internazionali (6)1, pp. 115-126.

Murray, J., 1854. Handbook for travellers in Greece : describing the Ionian islands, the kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the Ægean sea, with Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia. London: Murray.

Nientied, P., Porfido, E. & Ciro, A., 2018. Sustainable tourism development in Albania in times of liquid modernity. In: Enhancing Sustainable Tourism in Adriatic-Ionian Region through co-creation: the role of Universities and Public-Private Partnerships. Macerata: eum edizioni università di macerata, pp. 73-91.

Parser, G., 1937. L’Albanie. L’invitation au voyage. L’expansion belge & exportation réunies, pp. 101-104.

Porfido, E., 2019. From the Grand Tour to Social Media: The metamorphosis of touristic landscapes representation in the case of Albania. In: Pié et al (eds) Turismo y Paisaje. Valencia: Tirant humanidades, pp. 96-109.

Rey, L., 1930. Guide de l’Albanie: avec un carte des voies d’accès, une carte routière et les plans de Scutari, Tirana et Kortcha. Paris: Office du Tourisme en Albanie.

Rossi, L., Pedeta, L., Porfido, E., Resta, G., 2017. Between LAND and WATER. Fragile edges and floating strategies along the Albanian coastline. The Plan Journal, Volume 2/2017 – Issue 2 [RESILIENT EDGES], Pagg: 685-705.

Smith, M. et al., 2018. Nomen est omen – Tourist image of the Balkans. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin, 67(2), p. 173–188.

Thomson, I. M., 1988. Alien in the Land of Zog. The Sunday Times, 5 6.p. 2.

Tomka, D., 2014. On the Balkans – History, Nature, Tourism and Dilemmas Faced by Researchers. American Journal of Tourism Management, 3(1B).

Toto, R., 2012. Analize e situates se planifikimit te territorit ne Shqiperi. In: R. Toto & D. Shutina, a cura di Politikndjekes apo Politikberes. Tirana: Afrojdit, pp. 1-40.

Toto, R., Gjika, A., Shutina, D. & Aliaj, B., 2014. The regionalisation of Albania. Tirana: Botime Pegi.

Vietti, F., 2012. Hotel Albania. Roma: Carocci.