THE tourist season starts the March 1 emphasizes o Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias In an interview on Mega’s morning show, he said: “The way we handled the pandemic was so important that while all the other Mediterranean countries were closed in 2020, we opened it. And last year everyone believed that tourism revenue will be 5 -6 billion euros, they reached 10.5 to 11 billion euros, a huge contribution to the Greek economy and trade. I see that the first cruise ship has already gone to Thessaloniki and to Volos as well.We will have 765 cruises, 55% of which will have home port in Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Heraklion, the Greek islands. “among the airlines, which will take the lead in slots, ie parking spaces at Greek airports so that it can bring people”.
Remaining on the tourist agenda, Mr. Kikilias noted that the ministry joins forces of with everyone. “We cooperate with the Regions, that is why yesterday I convened the Regional Tourism Council, with the 13 Regional Governors, with the Municipalities, with the hoteliers, with the private sector and the tour operators, with the hundreds of professions and the hundreds of thousands of employees in Greece who “They operate and live through Tourism, which is the locomotive of the economy,” said the minister.
In fact, focusing on their promotion Greek destinations The minister stated that the ministry will also promote destinations that are not in the first line of options. “It is not only the 3-3.5 Regions that bring Tourism, but also all the others are entitled to have a share in this success”, stressed Mr. Kikilias. In any case, this year, safety is the first condition for the traveler, the minister stressed and Greece is in pole position, he said.
Finally, the minister referred to the murder of Alkis, emphasizing the following: “No matter how many days pass, our stomachs tighten every time we see the reports about this tragic criminal event. The soul of the Greek is saddened and blackened by what With the tolerance of all those in charge for many years, from the time I played basketball until today, a minority of criminal elements, hooligans, have infiltrated underground passages with “people of the night. It does well and takes initiatives. The only way is for the State, the presidents of the teams and the administrations, the presidents of the federations, the Greek police to find a solution together. The legal framework is quite hard if applied “.
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