Greek tourism ministry’s aim is to maintain the momentum of Greek tourism and develop it further with products that are linked to education and digital technology, as well as to new packages creating the appropriate framework for new private investments, relevant Minister Elena Kountoura announced in London.
In an interview she gave on the sidelines of the 39th World Travel Market (WTM) 2018 Tourism Expo, she forecast that 2019 will be another good year for Greek tourism.
“We have achieved a significant increase in tourism. This year will close with a spectacular increase in arrivals and revenues. We want to keep up this momentum and strengthen our tourism with developmental products. This has to do with supporting education, developing digital technology and innovation. We want to establish new terms and dynamic packages that we will promote on the market as a follow-up to our dynamic growth. We will sign better central and more dynamic agreements with tour operators and airlines to boost this momentum. We are creating the framework for the private sector to come and conclude commercial agreements. This is the great innovation we brought to Greece,” Kountoura said.
“We expected 32 million (arrivals) in 2018, but they will reach 33 million. It is not just about the figures for us, it is also about quality and revenues. We will preserve the balance, the momentum exists, this success can continue,” she added.
Greece’s participation with 70 co-exhibitors in this year’s World Travel Market (WTM) in London is one of the main poles of attraction for international tourism professionals attending for yet another year while the President of SETE (Greek Tourism Confederation) Yiannis Retsos pointed out that teamwork has kept Greece in the top-10 destinations worldwide.
But, he also stressed that overtaxation has been hitting tourism professionals hard. “Of course this applies to all sectors of the Greek economy,” he added. “What I and SETE are really concerned about right now is the infrastructure. The 32 million of visitors are now testing our public infrastructure every day: waste disposal management, power and water supplies, sewage systems, airports, ports. If we want the country to continue being a protagonist we need to invest and improve.”
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