Tourism minister – In tourism we’re in the top league

"We want to be leaders in tourism. We are in the championships, we do not want one of the best scores, we want the best score. This is done with great effort and , and diligence," as was stated by the Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias in an interview with the TV station Open and added: "The Ministry of Tourism and professionals bring directly or indirectly 25% of the GDP of the Greek economy, increase the wealth of the country and the Greek household .

Last week we were at the very big WTM exhibition in London, with the General Secretary of Hellenic Tourism Organization EOT, Mr. Fraggakis, tourism entrepreneurs from all over the country, airlines, Regions, Municipalities.

We agreed with EasyJet to increase the availability by 500,000 airline seats by 2022. That is, instead of 1.1 it will bring 1.6 million visitors and may reach 2 million and the will was expressed to create technical bases in Heraklion and Corfu.

We also signed an agreement with Jet2, which includes an increase of 600,000 seats for 2022, 270 flights per week to 15 airports in our country, start of the period April 1, new routes from Birmingham and Manchester to Athens from April 15, supporting the city ​​break, our capital and Attica.

But British Airways plans to use, in addition to Heathrow, Gatwick from December with 64 flights to Greece.

Last month we also concluded our agreements at the French exhibition Top Resa, with Air France and Transavia.

And the reservations of October for the summer of 2022, are already 30% above the reservations of October 2018 for the summer of 2019 ".

In his speech, the Minister of Tourism pointed out that the ministry places great emphasis on quality tourism, but also on sustainable tourism, as you saw from the visit of...