TIRANA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- 1,000 young people in Albania will be offered seasonal employment through the project "Smile Albania" launched on Saturday by the Albanian Minister of Tourism and Environment Blendi Klosi.
In a meeting with students of environmental branches at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Agricultural University in Tirana, Klosi urged young people to be partners of the project that for the first time engages 1,000 young people in the promotion of touristic Albania.
Klosi called on young people to apply to the Albanian National Agency of Protected Areas in Tirana and its 12 branch offices in the districts.
According to Klosi, 1,000 young people will be in nine cross-border points and 15 info-points, as well as in the most developed tourist areas in Albania.
Throughout the summer season, at least five youth camps will be set up in the protected areas, in districts such as Velipoja, Divjaka, Jale, Saranda and Pogradec, where young people selected for the program "Smile Albania" will help promote tourism and protect the environment.
"We want to have 1000 Albanian hospitality ambassadors, 1000 Albanian environmental education trainers. It is an obligation that we have in the framework of a tourist Albania," said Klosi.
Moreover, Klosi said the program is a two-month employment opportunity and that university environmental students and university students have priority in selection.
