Greek tourism enterprises that have been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic will see additional support through NSRF funds, the Finance Ministry has announced.
Greek gov t announces 330-mln€ subsidy plan for country s pandemic-devastated F&B sector
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The Greek government announced another targeted stimulus package on Thursday for one of the hardest-hit markets during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, namely, the food & beverage sector, with 330 million euros to be doled out to business to cover the purchase of supplies when such businesses reopen.
The sector, along with certain categories of retailers, such as clothing and apparel, have been devastated over the more than year-old Covid-19 outbreak. The cash will come from the 2021-2027 National Strategic Reference Framework, and will funneled to both SMEs and larger businesses, including franchise holders.
The recovery of Greece’s
tourism industry – from the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic – will be a gradual,
slow process that will take three to four years, Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) President
Yiannis Retsos said on Wednesday, during an online discussion with representatives of the country’s banking and industrial sector.
According to Retsos, the year 2021 will be difficult, with the pandemic’s effect on tourism proving worse than expected as indicated by the epidemiological data. However, he expressed certainty that the tourism industry would eventually recover and estimated that it may take up to four years for the sector to reach the record levels of 2019.
Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki “is moving forward”
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Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, is planning to build a Holocaust museum to honour some 46,000 Jewish residents deported and killed at German Nazi death camps during World War II.
On Monday, the Regional Governor of Central Macedonia Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Mayor Konstantinos Zervos and the president of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, David Saltiel, met to discuss the progress of the project.
“The Holocaust Museum is moving forward and we are jointly exploring the possibilities of financing and the contribution of the Region of Central Macedonia with European resources from the new National Strategic Reference Framework,” said Tzitzikostas.
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Greece’s 10-year tourism plan, which is currently under preparation, includes special strategies for the development of the country’s
marinas and
Vicky Loizou.
marinas, underlining that there is room for improvement to the current framework.
“The legislation on marinas can be improved, as right now it does not have a strategy for promoting investments… We are currently shaping the institutional framework surrounding their management model and carrying out a spatial analysis on for the development of marinas,” she said.
Greek Secretary General for Tourism Policy Vicky Loizou.
Referring to
health tourism, Loizou underlined that combined with the silver economy and wellness tourism, its development will present a significant margin for growth.