We are in the heart of tourism 2024. What are the messages for the course of Greek tourism so far?
We are going through a period of extremely positive messages for Greek tourism. According to official data from the Bank of Greece, during the period January-April 2024 travel receipts increased by 22% compared to the corresponding period in 2023 and amounted to 1.8 billion euros, while inbound arrivals increased by 20% respectively and amounted to 3.9 million travelers. The increase in arrivals and revenues confirms the dynamics that our country has developed, becoming one of the top destinations worldwide.
The new bill of the Ministry of Tourism was voted in the Parliament. Essentially, what is changing in tourism education?
With the proposed arrangements we further strengthen the institutional framework of tourism education and implement the fair demands of our students.
For the first time, we provide reduced travel costs to students of SAEK Tourism and ASTE in MMM, as well as the right to medical and nursing care, as well as a European sick card.
We foresee an agreement with the Ministry of Education for the supply of textbooks through the “Eudoxos” service and grant students a special student ID card.
It is important to be able to place – without exams – ASTE graduates in a University of Tourism Studies and continue their studies with a level 6 degree, offering a way out for academic development, postgraduates, doctorates and Erasmus.
For the first time, we are regulating electronic procedures for permanent recruitment in ASTE and SAEK Tourism, as well as a process for the development of permanent ASTE faculty members. We are covering the legislative gap for the recruitment of permanent educational staff at SAEK Tourism, in order to proceed with the first 9 approved recruitments. We regulate matters of placement of managers in ASTE and SAEK to cover the vacant positions.
Finally, we are modernizing the definition and legislation of the tour guide profession. With the new definition, the profession of tour guide is clearly defined and distinguished from the work of escorts, with the aim of both protecting the tour guides themselves and ensuring the quality of services provided to tourists.
What is the contribution of the Recovery and Resilience Fund to the strengthening of special forms of tourism?
The Recovery and Resilience Fund is a unique opportunity for Greek tourism. Actions with a total budget of 99.2 million euros have been included to strengthen special forms of tourism.
-For health and wellness tourism, resources of 21.7 million euros are earmarked for the creation of new and upgrading of existing spa tourism facilities, preparation of studies for the development of senior tourism, health tourism and a study of the Spa Natural Resources Strategy, as well as for the creation Wellness Guest support application.
-For the strengthening of diving tourism and the protection of the underwater environment under the principles of sustainability, we use resources of 8 million euros to finance Diving Park Management bodies to upgrade or create new ones, to finance legal entities with the status of “Pontition Applicants”, as well as providers of recreational diving services.
-In order to increase the awareness of the country’s agro-tourism and culinary destinations and activities, budget actions of 10 million euros are foreseen.
– In order to strengthen mountain tourism, projects worth 59.4 million euros are planned, which concern the upgrading of ski center facilities and mountain refuges, the development of a digital platform, as well as its promotion and promotion actions.
Recently the Prime Minister referred to hypertourism. Is there really such a problem and how can it be avoided?
In the same interview, the prime minister emphasized that we must ensure that the development we achieve is sustainable, friendly to the environment and local communities. At the Ministry of Tourism we are working non-stop, with a plan, to ensure the conditions so that our tourism continues to be profitable for the destinations and the national economy, in modern terms, based on measure, quality and balance, increasing goodwill of the “Greece” brand. We are opening a new page for Greek tourism, the development of which is based on the sustainability and competitiveness of our destinations. In this direction, we have put up for public consultation, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, the Special Spatial Framework for Tourism, which – in terms of sustainability – addresses the dangers of overtourism.
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