With calm and skepticism, the operators of Greek tourism face the following components of the suspension of the operations of FTI, the third largest tour operator (Tour Operator) in Europe, a improvement which, initially, “numb” the home tourism scene.
The arrows of the current disaster might have straight hit a small however not negligible portion of hoteliers who cooperated with him, however in the long run there’s a concern in regards to the new panorama that’s being shaped for European Tour Operators, who provide Greece with international guests.
70% of the FTI program involved Crete
The area that was most uncovered to the unfavorable improvement in FTI is Crete, with Emmanuel Tsakalakis president of the hoteliers of Rethymno and likewise president of the affiliation of hoteliers of Crete stressing to APE-MPE that 70% of the tour operator’s program involved Crete . A 20% involved Rhodes and a remaining 10% different areas of the nation, he emphasised. In absolute numbers, the monetary loss for Crete’s hoteliers quantities to 800,000 euros. At this level, it must be emphasised that the German tour operator has despatched a letter to the motels it cooperates with in our nation, stating that any monetary shock which will come up from the chapter of FTI can be institutionally amortized by the German Journey Insurance coverage Fund (DRFS).
Crete will lose a minimum of 40,000 guests to FTI this yr
So far as customer arrivals by FTI in Crete are involved, this yr they’re estimated at 85,000 and naturally it’s up within the air. After all, Mr. Tsakalakis estimates that fifty% of the above guests will ultimately go to Crete, since already giant journey organizers will perform the above mission that was canceled by FTI. What is definite, nonetheless, is that 40,000 guests can be lacking from the island this yr, notes Mr. Tsakalakis and focuses on the brand new information ensuing from the chapter of FTI. Already the remaining 4 giant Tour Operators in Europe have pressured the hoteliers of Crete for reductions on the packages of the prevailing bookings, which involved FTI clients and their go to to the island.
The FTI cannon creates monopolistic conditions
Going a step additional, Mr. Tsakalakis centered on the monopoly conditions that can be created by the withdrawal of a serious participant from the tourism scene, which, as he explains, don’t favor competitors. The results of this improvement, as Mr. Tsakalakis estimates, would be the stress on hoteliers for decrease costs within the provided packages. In his intervention to APE-MPE, Mr. Tsakalakis wonders how lengthy it would take the hotelier to drag the chestnuts out of the hearth, recalling that the injuries from the chapter of Mouzenidis and Thomas Prepare dinner are nonetheless open from the previous.
In the identical vein, the assertion of the president of the Greek Financial and Social Committee, Alexandros Vassilikos, who notes that the therapy of such issues can not all the time be left solely to the philanthropy of the hotelier, who additionally suffers the monetary loss. A European legislative umbrella should be created instantly, which is able to enable member states to intervene to guard the rights of consumer-visitors, in addition to hoteliers. Now, for this explicit case, we’re in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the federal government, exploring how the monetary losses for our member hoteliers may be mitigated, he stated.
Supply: APE-MPE
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