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The Agora => Greek News => Holidays in Hellas => Topic started by: Maik on Friday, 30 January, 2015 @ 18:51:44
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Greece's new tourism minister has acted quickly to calm fears that the country will limit all-inclusive resorts after new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said they were bad for local economies.
Elena Kountoura, a former athlete who is now part of the right-wing Independent Greeks party in Tsipras's coalition government, promised there would be no action against existing all-inclusive hotels.
"On the contrary, further upgrading the quality of these packages will boost and extend benefits in local markets and communities," she said.
Tsipras, leader of the anti-austerity party Syriza, had suggested prior to his election this week that he wanted to curb mass tourism to Greece with a return to more traditional holidays, where visitors use local bars and restaurants.
Spekaing to the New York Times, he said all-inlcusives kept tourists within hotels and away from local businesses.
http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2015229
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I think the "all inclusive" holiday is the best thing for Brits. It keeps them away from locals that speak funny, eat strange food and drink weird stuff and invariably walk off with the best birds. At the same time it keeps a bunch of raucous, lobster pink, pissed up puking yobs away from the locals. Or, to put it another way, it keeps the poo in the pot. Seems like a result to me.
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Good point Ari - puts many of them (calm down - not all) in good practice for when they move here too.....