The ski center is characterized as one of the biggest development poles not only of Kalavryta, but also of the wider region, which still records a lot of traffic, since this year the visitors to the facilities of the municipal enterprise exceeded 100,000. At the same time, the projects to upgrade and modernize the facilities of the ski center, amounting to 22,630,000 euros, are expected to contribute to the further increase in visitor numbers, with positive results for the local economy and the further development of the area.

In fact, in the context of extending the operation of the center outside the ski season, actions have been planned for the beginning of June, for which a great response is already recorded.

As stated by the director of the Kalavryton ski center, speaking to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency, Alexis Agrios“this year was a strange ski year, because we had a one-month delay in the opening of the ski resort, as the first snowfalls occurred after January 23rd.”

“Despite all this”, he notes, “we experienced the best February in the history of the ski resort, since we had a very large number of visitors”.

As Mr. Agrios says, “we managed to limit to a very significant extent the damage caused by the delay in the start of operation” and adds: “So, the first figures from the preliminary report show that this year was the second best year in the history of the operation of the ski center, with the second largest turnover. This fact fills us with optimism, because in a difficult year in terms of snowfall, we managed to get positive results, and I can say that this is very important”.

“According to the first figures”, as reported by Alexis Agrios, “the visitors exceeded 100,000” and he explains: “The figures are taken into account both from the tickets bought at the ski resort, but also from those who came to visit the chalet, to they take a walk on the mountain but also activities, for which a ticket is not required”.

At the same time, as he underlines, “as part of the efforts to increase traffic, different actions were organized every weekend for the visitors, such as sports, music, but also games, which the people really “embraced””.

In the meantime, in the context of extending the operation of the ski center, Alexis Agrios states that “we are trying to implement ideas with which we will manage to attract visitors outside the winter season”.

“So”, he continues, “we are organizing the three days of the Holy Spirit, at the beginning of June, a music festival, which will take place at the base of the ski resort and already the tickets are almost sold out”.

“The world has also embraced this action, which means that they want the mountain both in winter and in summer”, emphasizes Alexis Agrios and adds: “This is only the beginning of the actions that we will implement outside the winter season and already the team of the ski resort is working to implement other similar actions, always aiming, as I mentioned above, to prolong the operation of the center”.

Regarding the projects to upgrade and modernize the facilities of the ski center, Alexis Agrios says that “the signing of the contract has been completed, as well as the submission of the necessary technical files and the relevant permits are now expected in May, so we hope to start the works immediately”.

At the same time, he underlines that “the works will not affect the operation of the ski center, since any work carried out will be done with the aim of being completed before the start of the winter operation”.