In the dynamics as he said image of the Ministry of Tourism and in the direction that he has the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis “To be where Greece can be heard, and of course to strengthen the message of our tourist identity,” said Deputy Minister of Tourism Sofia Zacharaki, during her speech at the pre-conference of ND in Heraklion. Ms. Zacharaki said that Greek tourism for another year is facing very big challenges. Speaking about the summer of 2021, when “we opened our sails on May 15 with the aim of reaching 50%, we exceeded it, we reached 60% and now 11 billion went to the revenues of the public funds from tourism”, he expressed optimism for this year’s tourist season, under pressure and war in Ukraine.
“There was indeed a freeze, a numbness in the first three weeks of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, it seems that now the climate is warming up and we really see our hoteliers, all the people in the hospitality chain, smiling, obviously having the concern for the increase of the operating expenses “ said Ms. Zacharaki, stressing that “we seek better results.”
The Undersecretary of Tourism referred to the strategic plan being implemented and the € 320 million budget projects being planned for infrastructure projects for maritime tourism, marinas, mountain tourism, ski resorts, trail accessibility, projects for the accessibility of people with disabilities, digitization but also tourism education.
“We will do our best to improve tourism education. We have received over half a million technical assistance for the redesign of tourism education and of course at the same time we will have a program of 47 million for new skills, but also the existing skills for the upgrade of 20,000 unemployed and seasonal workers “said Ms. Zacharaki, who He also spoke about the wineries, olive mills, breweries and dairies to be visited, adding that “very soon we will have the ministerial decisions and the signals so that they can help the business activity of our producers”.
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