Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the General Assembly of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE)

With a connection of calm but besides vigilance successful the look of geopolitical turbulence, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appeared astatine the SETE general assembly, emphasizing that Greek tourism has proven it tin withstand adjacent the astir hard crises.

Referring to the imaginable impacts of the warfare connected planetary arrivals, the premier curate noted that if the struggle is prolonged, the consequences for the planetary system would beryllium “extremely negative.” However, helium clarified that truthful acold determination is nary denotation of a “major systemic crisis” for Greek tourism.

“The archetypal 2 months were fantabulous for the country. Obviously determination is present immoderate slowdown, but I bash not deliberation we are facing a large systemic situation successful presumption of tourism show this year,” helium said, adding that if the affirmative script of de-escalation is confirmed, Greece could spot a caller question of last-minute bookings from its accepted markets.

Mr. Mitsotakis stressed that the state has already been tested nether acold much hard conditions, recalling the absorption of the pandemic. “With the practice of the authorities and SETE, we proved that we tin flooded precise large adversities,” helium said, attributing the foundations of today’s beardown momentum successful Greek tourism to those decisions.

He placed peculiar accent connected the resilience and adaptability of the sector, noting that “it is not casual each twelvemonth to spell from grounds to record.” As helium pointed out, successful a play of planetary uncertainty, the extremity is not lone the implicit fig of arrivals, but Greece’s presumption comparative to its competitors.

“If the pastry shrinks, we should beryllium the state slightest affected,” helium said, emphasizing that determination realignments whitethorn besides make caller opportunities for Greek tourism.

At the aforesaid time, the premier curate presented the government’s program for the sustainable improvement of tourism, stressing the request for equilibrium betwixt economical and biology sustainability. He announced the completion of the peculiar spatial readying model for tourism, portion acknowledging that determination are destinations wherever “we request to deed the brakes” and others wherever “we request to measurement connected the gas.”

In this context, helium highlighted the value of infrastructure, citing the E65 road arsenic an example, which—he said—opens caller prospects for antecedently underdeveloped tourer areas of the country.

Concluding, Mr. Mitsotakis reiterated that the authorities volition proceed to enactment some the hold of the tourer play and societal tourism programs, stressing that improvement cannot travel astatine the disbursal of destination sustainability. “We cannot, for the involvement of a short-term gain, saw disconnected the subdivision we are sitting on,” helium said meaningfully.

Agapi Sbokou caller president of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises

With the predetermination of Agapi Sbokou arsenic president of the Board of Directors of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), the proceedings of the closed league of the 34th regular wide assembly of the relation were completed. She succeeds Giannis Paraschis successful the presidency.

Agapi Sbokou is the CEO of PHĀEA, a starring Greek edifice group. With galore years of acquisition successful tourism, she has besides served, among different roles, arsenic vice president of the SETE Board.

Giannis Chatzis was elected First Vice President, portion the vice presidents see Panagiotis Tokouzis, President of SETKE, Lysandros Tsilidis, Board Member of HATTA, Evangelos Vassilakis of Aegean Airlines, Emmanouil Giannoulis of Kritikos Tourism ATBEE, and Stavros Mitsis of Mitsis Hotels.