PM says safety at sea means improved tourism product

Securing the safety of swimmers at sea will also help improve the quality of tourism offered the country, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, speaking at an event on safety at sea.

The event was organized by nonprofit Safe Water Sports, which promotes educational activities particularly for children to enhance awareness of safety at sea.

Every year, nearly 350 people drown accidentally at sea, double the number of those who died of Covid-19, Mitsotakis noted.

"The state is obliged to upgrade the current institutional framework, and will do so. We must treat the sea with respect and the same must be done by businesses related to the sea," he said.

"Safe seas means upgraded tourist product for Greece."

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