Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura stressed Greece’s important growth opportunities in tourism and investments, while addressing an event on Friday.Kountoura was speaking at the 2nd Business Forum entitled “Tourism: Strategic Growth Sector” organised by the Hellenic-French Chamber in Athens.
Greece and France, she noted, are linked by mutual friendship, trust and long-term cooperation on all levels.
The number of French tourists visiting Greece rose by more than 10 pct in 2017 compared with the previous year and is expected to exceed 1.9 million by the end of the year, she added.
Over the last three years, the growth in tourist traffic from France has exceeded 30 pct, which corresponds to 500,000 additional arrivals of French tourists in Greece, Kountoura noted. For this year, she estimated that total arrivals of all tourists in Greece will reach 30 million, including cruise visitors.
Kountoura also referred to the impressive increase in tourist investments over the last two years and to the friendly environment that has been created for new business initiatives, synergies and partnerships in the dynamically-growing tourism sector. The minister noted that there were 300 investment proposals in the tourism sector, of which 254 qualified for funding under the investment law.
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