Tourism: What’s in danger – Decreased arrivals in Mykonos – Santorini – 2024-06-15 06:32:24

The highway of Greek tourism data just isn’t paved with rose petals, but it surely additionally has many “thorns” that have to be uprooted if the sector desires to proceed to play a number one function within the Greek economic system and in worldwide competitors.

This view is embraced by each authorities in addition to tourism trade even if probably both sides within the particular person points has its personal priorities as was seen from what occurred at yesterday’s common meeting of SETE within the closed and open assembly within the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Within the debate of the Prime Minister Kyriakou Mitsotakis with the president of the Affiliation of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) Giannis Parashis within the afternoon on the Stavros Niarchos Basis, all of the “thorns” of Greek tourism had been examined.

The necessity to create a sustainable mannequin is the primary subject on the agenda of the federal government and the tourism trade. It’s more and more being realized from all sides that the mannequin that our nation has been following till now wants corrective actions.

The instance of Mykonos and Santorini

The examples of Mykonos and Santorini, that are operating once more this 12 months with unfavourable charges of -20% and -13% respectively, based on trade gamers, emphasize the necessity for a shift to extra sustainable options

We would like a sustainable improvement, we’ve got to mix the event dynamics with the imposed restrictions that we’ve got to place in place to guard the product primarily in some delicate locations such because the islands, stated Mr. Mitsotakis and he talked about options that can transcend the electoral cycle. Let’s not are available in 2030 or 20235 and that we’ve got performed a harm to our product itself on the altar of non permanent revenue, stated Mr. Mitsotakis.

Investments in high quality and sustainability undergo non-public and public sector investments, which additionally means enhancing infrastructure. A subject that’s excessive on SETE’s agenda. The prime minister believes that we should “direct the good funding curiosity” as it’s e.g. higher to attend for an present constructing than to construct a brand new one” in addition to “in new locations in the remainder of Greece, within the connection of cultural tourism, mountain tourism”, and so on.

Overtaxation

However based on Mr. Parashis, tourism investments rely on a sequence of points that instantly have an effect on their attractiveness and competitiveness, the taxation of the sector, the legislative laws for short-term rental, the utilization of group assets, and so on. The rise in revenues from tourism has led to a development of elevated taxation of the exercise, he stated whereas he targeted particularly in his dialog with the prime minister on the necessity to cut back employer contributions to Mr. Mitsotakis replying that as quickly because the fiscal situations enable it the primary discount will concern employer contributions

Rent Greeks

One other thorn is the shortage of human assets, the place Mr. Mitsotakis made it clear proper from the beginning that the elevated revenues from tourism needs to be distributed to everybody pretty. The federal government’s first precedence is to extend wages, he stated and expressed his satisfaction that the Turkish trade can also be shifting in the identical context “since you are pressured to put money into staff”.
The prime minister emphasised working situations and compliance with the legislation and requested “that we each be equally strict on this matter”. If discovering human assets continued to be extra advanced, there are two methods to extend the participation of home potential and this needs to be our first precedence, e.g. with extra girls, folks with disabilities, pensioners, and so on. and to take a look at seasonality points from one other perspective. It is a dialog we have to have actually.

Responding to the demand of the vacationer world for the switch of international staff, he emphasised that they’ve a complementary and auxiliary character. “We’re open to re-calls however all the time complementary to the nation’s workforce. It’s unfair to say that younger persons are not curious about tourism” For the prime minister, an effort have to be made to extend the employment of younger folks in tourism. Younger folks ought to see a profession in tourism. We should put money into training and he meaningfully emphasised “If we need to say that we’re globally aggressive in tourism, we also needs to be globally aggressive within the provision of training”.

Quick measures for short-term leases

Lastly, concerning the opposite “large thorn” of tourism, the short-term leases, Mr. Mitsotakis stated that it’s also a matter of housing coverage as he acknowledged and described a framework of interventions regarding the specs “that these homes ought to have however probably additionally some extra restrictions that should to enter, I say perhaps as a result of it have to be totally studied”. However he was fast to make clear that the federal government just isn’t prepared for closing choices.

Supply: ot.gr