6.3 Hotel “Turizmi” – a Typology “about Performance” Hotels of the cities, in communist Albania, like in many other countries represent a key component of the urban centers, the primary function of which can be considered the accommodation, while simultaneously referring themselves as a landmark and generally also the peak skyline of the cities. Being an active actor on the arena of the ideologic tourism, the hotels of communism were curated for the foreigners, while preserving the indoctrinated image. This image of the New and touristic Albania was evident in the first contacts with the cities, in postcards, touristic guides post stamps, even though tourism was not an interest for the industrial Socialist Albania.
Figure 64: a) The "Turizmi" Hotel, Gjirokaster. Source: Albturist 1969, pg. 138 b) Post Stamp with the visualization of Hotel Apollonia Fier c) Post Stamp with the visualization of Hotel Adriatik Durres
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