V. Kikilias: Initiatives for fast truck investments in tourism

“Greek tourism has shown that it is steel but also the locomotive of the Greek economy, it does not work in autopilot” notes in an interview with the newspaper Demokratiki of Rhodes, the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, emphasizing that “Greece sent a clear message last summer health insurance to all as to “when, how and how” will be open to its visitors.

In the same context, the Minister of Tourism characteristically states that “the organized State operated in a coordinated manner, the professionals in the field respectfully implemented the health protocols, the Local Government worked intensively and the efforts paid off”

Mr. Kikilias considers as a strategic priority of the Greek government the strengthening of high quality investment plans which, as he states, “gives a high added value to tourism”. “He is recording his initiatives for the acceleration of tourism investments, such as the establishment of a Special Service for the Promotion and Licensing of Tourism Investments and the rationalization of the regulatory framework for the facilitation of fast-track investments”, points out Mr. Kikilias

The Minister of Tourism praises the rapid reflections of the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Rhodes that led to the establishment of the Co-Lab of the TUI group, the first cooperation laboratory for the beneficial green and digital transformation of the chain of services related to tourism. Mr. Kikilias emphasizes that “it is a huge and not” accidental “achievement that in October in Rhodes” the counters were broken “”, as October 2021 was the best of all time, surpassing the corresponding month of 2019 by 15%.

Regarding the vaccination program, Mr. Kikilias says that “the excellent organization, professionalism and self-sacrifice of doctors, nurses and administrators are now a model for the way in which the public administration should treat the citizens: with respect, dignity and solidarity. “.