Establishment of a Pet-Friendly Tourist Accommodation Label

The criteria and conditions for awarding the “Pet-Friendly Tourist Accommodation Label” were provided for successful the Joint Ministerial Decision signed betwixt the Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Thanos Petralias and the Deputy Minister of Interior, Vasilis Spanakis.

The intent of the inaugural to found the caller Label is to amended the prime of hospitality for visitors accompanied by home animals, arsenic good arsenic to beforehand carnal payment and liable favored ownership.

The Decision concerns companion animals, assistance dogs, moving dogs and therapy animals. To beryllium awarded the "Pet-Friendly Tourist Accommodation Label", the accommodation indispensable person - among different things - peculiar bedrooms (pet rooms), successful which the favored tin enactment with its proprietor and which indispensable conscionable circumstantial specifications arsenic defined successful the Decision (floors, carpets, upholstery fabrics, electrical, etc.). The Decision besides specifies the obligations of the proprietor oregon contractor of the Pet (collection of feces, observance of quiescent hours, walking the animal, etc.).

The Joint Ministerial Decision besides includes a proposal to the providers of tourer accommodation successful collaboration with Animal Welfare Associations oregon Non-profit Animal Welfare Organizations based successful the applicable Municipality and registered successful the Sub-Register of Animal Welfare Associations and Organizations of the Ministry of Digital Governance, to instrumentality initiatives with the purpose of promoting the adoption of stray companion animals. Furthermore, arsenic provided for successful the Decision, the providers of tourer accommodation wrong the model of Corporate Social Responsibility whitethorn donate, without compensation, a percent of the full accommodation complaint for the fiscal enactment of carnal payment associations and organizations arsenic good arsenic carnal shelters.

The Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, stated that “For the archetypal time, a targeted organization model is being created to supply due accommodation conditions successful tourer accommodations for visitors’ pets. We proceed the enactment of upgrading the prime of hospitality for visitors to our country, portion promoting carnal welfare.

Quality tourism means precocious standards of hospitality for all

Deputy Minister of the Interior, Vasilis Spanakis, stated that with the issuance of the Decision, the Country is taking different measurement towards the constitution of a modern legislative model concerning companion animals, based connected the axes of the animal-friendly authorities argumentation acceptable by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, since 2019.

"The opening was made with the transition of Law 4830/2021, which acceptable the model for the payment of companion animals for the archetypal clip and the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Companion Animals was created astatine the Ministry of the Interior. With the authorities of the obligations and rights of favored owners, the state acquired a modern European carnal payment framework, which is not static, adopts proposals and is perpetually enriched successful consultation with the precise vibrant carnal payment movement, successful practice with the Local Government."