Tourism development must be sustainable, equitable and participatory,” underlined Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking this evening as part of the 32nd Ordinary General Assembly of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE), at the Center culture of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. .
He even added, during an interview with SETE President Yiannis Parashis, that “development dividends should be distributed as equitably as possible throughout the country”.
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Mr. Mitsotakis insisted that “we cannot compromise and settle for our performance, our competitors do not stand still. Investment in quality and sustainability.
The Prime Minister stressed that the first line of government policy for the next four years is the increase in salaries, “something that is already happening in the field of tourism”, as he said characteristically and explained that the government will be particularly strict in this area. respecting labor legislation which, as he said, should be completely explicit.
“Tourism workers must be well paid and satisfied with their working conditions,” Mr. Mitsotakis stressed.
Indeed, when questioned on this subject, the Prime Minister repeated that “as soon as there is budgetary margin, the first intervention will be the reduction of employer contributions”.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted that “2023 was a pivotal year for tourism and added that “we have every reason to be satisfied with the performance of tourism both in terms of general indicators of arrivals, income and tourism. “job only in terms of crisis management, such as that on a specific island and this was resolved immediately.”