“We have worked hard in the winter and our strategy to bring the start of the tourist season earlier has results,” he said. Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias on the show “Unmatched” on SKAInoting that “the data in Athens and Thessaloniki and the fullness of open accommodation for the Easter period, justify our efforts.”
Specifically, the Minister of Tourism mentioned as typical examples Corfu with a occupancy rate of 90%, Santorini with over 80% with many American visitors who came earlier this yearParos with 80% while in mainland Greece, Kalamata and Zagorochoria the percentage exceeds 80%.
As Mr. Kikilias said “tourism is the popular economy of the country and the money from tourism goes directly to the real economy, supporting the disposable income of Greeks and small and medium enterprises”.
In the same context, he stressed, that we live in conditions of a unique, for at least 70 years, global crisis, noting that “money from tourism flows vertically and horizontally, directly, without intermediaries and delays to everyone: the catering businessman worker in tourism, the owner of rented rooms, the supply chain, the carrier, the owner of a mini market, the farmer ”.
At the same time, he pointed out that tourism is the most basic means of regional development that our country has. “Our small islands and mountainous areas are attracting investment and retaining their population thanks to the tourist income,” he said. Finally, the Minister of Tourism stated that the goal of all of us should be “the employees feel happy and that means good pay”, something that, as he said, the hoteliers also recognize.
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