 It was generally possible in all cases for relatives from the west to visit and stay with family in the Eastern Bloc countries, except for Albania.In these cases, permission had to be sought, precise times, length of stay, location and movements had to be known in advance.Catering to western visitors required creating an environment of an entirely different standard than that used for the domestic populace, which required concentration of travel spots including the building of relatively high-quality infrastructure in travel complexes, which could not easily be replicated elsewhere.