The Minister of Tourism, Vassilis Kikilias, spoke to SKAI about the tourism of 2022 and the incident with the insulting comments on Instagram.
By 25% increased compared to 2019 will be this year Arrivals of cruise ships in Greece announced the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikiliasin an interview on his show “Today” from Genoa where he is to participate in the European Summit of the International Association of Cruise Companies (CLIA)
“In 2022 we will have 5,000 cruise ship approaches in the Greek islands and in our ports “said Mr. Kikilias, referring to data of the Hellenic Ports Association, and underlined that in the framework of the strategy of the Ministry of Tourism to extend the tourist season, this year the cruise started in our country from March and is expected to arrive by December.
“Our goal is to have a cruise in all 12 months of the year, so we are negotiating here in Genoa with ‘big players’ in the market to have cruise-themed tourism in January and February,” he said. Like all tourism products, they significantly strengthen all sectors of the Greek economy: Primary production, hotels, accommodation and Airbnb, health stores, trade and infrastructure, with the primary concern being the support of the average Greek family and of the Greek family business. “We expect to have good news from tourism so that we can help, as the Prime Minister said yesterday, in other sectors of the economy, the people who need it so much,” he said.
As for the threats and the insulting comments he received yesterday on his Instagram account from anonymous social media users from Turkey, Mr. Kikilias said: “There is no cloud of threats that can hide the sun from the Greek islands. I repeat what I see happening today and I can say with awareness of the situation: Thousands of Turkish tourists and travelers prefer the Greek islands for their holidays this year and leave their currency “.
