The municipal committee of the municipality of Almyros has decided to submit an expression of interest to participate in the state aid program for diving tourism of the Ministry of Tourism.
The municipality’s plans are to create a Free Artificial Underwater Attraction with sculptural works of art, inspired by the rich mythological and cultural heritage of the region, with the aim of promoting the municipality as a thematic tourism destination, while satisfying the environmental recovery and social empowerment of the region. According to the decision, the implementation of the project is undertaken, among others, by the Sculpture Laboratory of the Department of Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Department of Agriculture, Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment of the University of Thessaly.
It is noted that the Ministry of Tourism has submitted a call for applications for support for diving tourism within the framework of the “Tourism Development” Action of the Recovery and Resilience Fund.
The “Diving and Underwater Tourism” project is in line with the principles of Blue Growth and concerns the protection and promotion of the underwater environment and the exploitation of the comparative advantages (natural and cultural) that the country has. It aims to create and upgrade diving/underwater parks and to highlight the underwater environment, with the aim of developing the local economy and employment, as well as adding a new activity to the Greek tourism portfolio, suitable for all year round.
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