Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura called on American and international business representatives to invest in the Greek tourism sector.
Kountoura was addressing the Capital Link Forum, in New York on Monday.
She also referred to the upward trend of the Greek tourism in the period 2015-2016 and the positive outlook for 2017. She stressed that the implementation of the national tourism policy and the closer cooperation between the public and private sector have created the conditions for an increase in tourist arrivals and attraction of investments in the sector.
She referred to the government’s support to investments and the interventions of the Tourism Ministry over the last two years for the removal of bureaucratic barriers, the simplification of licensing procedures and operation of tourism enterprises and the encouragement of new investment projects.
The minister held meetings with representatives of tour operators to strengthen tourist packages in 2017 as well as the direct flights from the US to Greece, following the increase of the 2016 flights in the summer season.
She had private meetings with film industry operators to attract new film productions in Greece as well as with American universities institutions and educational institutions to organize educational trips and holidays in Greek destinations.
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