Ammouliani: The small island of Halkidiki that every day 20 times its population!

Visitor recordfrom every corner of the planet, marks this summer the island of Ammoulianion her third leg Halkidiki. An island in the gulf of Mount Athos, opposite Trypiti, with an area of ​​only 4.5 square kilometers and with around 500 permanent residents in the winter, now “sees” people passing through the beaches and narrow streets of the settlement every day 8,000 – 10,000 visitors.

Ammouliani, the the only inhabited island of Central Macedoniais at the zenith of its potential in August, however the optimistic messages for the course of the current tourist season were seen early on since both in June and July the occupancy rates in the accommodation and camping were quite high.

The president of the Ammouliani Development Association, Nikitas Martygakis, with his statements on the radio station of APE – MPE “Agency 104.9Fm” estimated that the numbers of 2019 will definitely be exceeded, as the period will drag on until the end of autumn. After all, bookings from foreign tourists for both September and October are already at very good levels.

“The island has around 5,000 beds, together with the campsite it reaches 6,500 visitors. When we say that we reach 8,000 – 10,000 visitors every day, we also mean daily visitors because the island welcomes people from the rest of Halkidiki. Apart from the rental boats where they reach the beaches, it is the liner with frequent routes, while for the last five years there have been daily cruises from Sarti and Ouranoupoli“, said Mr. Martygakis characteristically.

Americans for the first time on the island this year

The remarkable thing is that this year for the first time they made their appearance on the island of Ammouliani for vacations and American tourists. “In July for the first time we saw Americans who chose us for vacations in combination with other destinations in our country“, added the president of the Ammouliani Development Association.

The main bookings on the island are from Balkanswith Romanians the last two years to record high numbers of overnight stays, as also from Germans, French, Englishmen and Italians who take care of booking weekly or ten-day accommodation packages.

“From the most distant destinations, we recorded tourists from Mexico, Australia, while we had a few from China who spent two days on our island, combining it with other Greek regions“, added Mr. Martygakis.

New infrastructures are planned to lift the tourist “load”

“The infrastructures on the island were designed in other times for a different number of inhabitants. They were built to serve the permanent residents who did not exceed 500 and now Ammouliani together with the day visitors who arrive by cruises, boats and ferries reaches at least 8,000“, said the mayor of Aristotle, Stelios Valianos, speaking to “Agency 104.9Fm”.

Mr. Valianos referred to creation of the new port of the island with a completion horizon of 2025 as the project to upgrade the port facilities of Ammouliani with the parallel operation of a shelter for tourist boats has been included in the Recovery Fund with two million euros.

At the same time, from own resources, the replacement of the entire main water supply pipe1400 meters long, which will provide a solution to a chronic problem of the island, while in a few days the upgrade of the biological station with a sewage plant will be auctioned.

Also, in the near future, the renovation and reuse of a historic building – the Kalogeriki Club – will be auctioned to become a cultural multi-site, at the end of September extensive asphalt paving will begin on the internal road network, while the central road axis has already been auctioned, which apart from agricultural properties connects the settlement with the busy beach of Alykes. Finally, the study for the renovation and reuse of the historic building of Arsana has also begun.

“We need to take care of our infrastructure to help the natural beauty that history has gifted us, while not stopping the promotion movements of the island“, concludes Mr. Valianos.

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