The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, spoke on his television about the very high occupancy rates in all the country’s travel destinations, which this three-day period even reach 100%, but also about the duration of domestic tourism until Easter

As he pointed out, every 5 minutes a KTEL bus leaves for Patras, where there is now no room available, while large occupancy rates are also recorded in other areas of the Peloponnese, such as Kalavryta, mountainous Arcadia, mountainous Corinthia and Kalamata.

Xanthi sets an all-time record, 100% occupancy exists in Ioannina and Metsovo, the ski resort in Anilio is open, most accommodations in Naoussa and Central Macedonia are full, city breaks exist in Thessaloniki, while occupancy in Epirus , in Tzoumerka, Konitsa and Zagorochoria it is 90%.

“In Rethymnon, they did not reach 2,000 beds. There was a mobilization of the area’s hoteliers and two more hotels were opened, as a result of which 3,000 beds were full during the three-day period,” said Mr. Kikilias, underlining the contribution of the “Tourism for All” program to enabling citizens to take short-day vacations and to boost domestic tourism.

Finally, Mr. Kikilias pointed out that the recovery of tourism decisively supports the primary sector, which with its products supplies tourist businesses, taverns, restaurants and the commercial world, while at the same time it brings large and important investments, giving life to the country’s development.