Awesome article! I'm happy to see people go to Albania and are informed of their history!
As far as your question if people were able to visit from the west at time of the communism.. As far as i know it was possible and it did happen, just not very much because of the strict rules and the fact that people just felt it was unsafe.
Upvoted + followed you ! :D
Thanks for your comment and your insight about how the situation was for visitors during that time.
I hope to post a video from my trips to Albania sometime in the near future as well :)