Tourism is now the driving force and the most dynamically growing sector of the Greek economy since the participation in GDP is consistently above 15% and at times exceeded 18%. Moreover, it creates employment in a broad range of activities at different levels of knowledge and skill, especially among young people and in our region. Also, we should think that every Euro spent on tourism generates more than twice the secondary consumption in the rest of the economy.<\/p>\n
Although tourism has been one of the main pillars of development in Greece for the past 30 years it has many lingering problems:<\/p>\n
\u2022 65% of tourism activity in Greece (over-) is concentrated in four areas.
\n\u2022 Under current conditions, the Greek tourism operates almost 80% of its potential.
\n\u2022 Confusion between service and servility sense spirit creates the anti-service syndrome, which possesses substantial part of those directly and indirectly dealing with tourism.
\n\u2022 The primary tourism product in Greece is excellent. However, the added value is not as good. Result, moderate final product, often overpriced, so uncompetitive.
\n\u2022 The disposal of Greek tourism product is made primarily from foreign Tos and distribution channels, which in no way influence.<\/p>\n
These lingering problems and poor performance of previous periods, combined with the rise of our competitors and especially with the tourism policy deficit in Greece, confirm the need for active intervention in tourism.<\/p>\n
I envision a Greece which, above all, will ensure a high living standard for its citizens, a Greece where all citizens of the world would like to live, either permanently or temporarily. A country which will be pleasant for its permanent residents would be both pleasant and attractive to its visitors as well as temporary residents.<\/p>\n
Future tourism must:<\/p>\n
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According to this vision, tourism has got to become the main tool of the Greek government in order to achieve objectives of economic, social and environmental policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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