Many in the Greek tourism industry are alarmed at the government’s emphasis on development through foreign investment in resorts (via irishtimesworld)
It has recently run into local opposition in its redevelopment of the old Club Med site in Corfu due to its attempt to close off a right-of-way giving access to the beach. Beaches in Greece are by law public and cannot be privatised, much to the chagrin of resort developers throughout Greece.
Tourism is the lifeblood of Greece. In 1990 Plaskovitis wrote: “Its life is hanging by a thread on foreign currency.” So not much has changed. A 2022 Greek law for the development of tourism concentrates on the expansion of infrastructure, including motorways, and upgrading of hotels, but also pays lip-service to niche markets like mountain-walking, agritourism, food festivals and thalassotherapy.
But objectors to ecological damage and those trying to start up locally-based niche markets are unlikely to get much sympathy from this new government. A group of citizens on the Aegean island of Ios recently drew attention to the case in Magheramore, Co Wicklow, where a tourist development was disallowed by the planning authority. “Investment should not be evaluated only on the basis of money or the jobs it will create,” they said. But this is the main thrust of government policy.
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