Efthimios Bakogiannis, Secretary-General for Regional Planning and Urban Environment, presented the environment ministry’s strategy for the dynamic development of cycling tourism, as well as the promotion the use of the bicycle in general in the framework of the MEDCYCLETOUR project at an event organized by the Regional Fund of Western Greece, ANA reports.
Explaining the full range of actions for the “cycling strategy in Greece”, Bakogiannis pointed out that “the benefits of promoting and supporting cycling tourism are multiple and directly reflected in the strengthening of local communities. These are economic, social and environmental benefits at a time when European cycling tourism alone is valued at 2.8 billion euros annually in travel and 25.6 million overnight stays, or about 3 pct of all Europeans’ tourist travels.”
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