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Sustainable Greece

Santorini Finally Moves to Close Illegal Dump

2022-09-18 by Phil Butler

Santorini dump

At long last, Santorini is making measurable moves to create a more sustainable and modern landfill from the caldera.

Tags: Aegean, Antonis Sigalas, Environment, Island garbage, land management, Prefecture of the Aegean, Santorini, Santorini garbage, Santorini waste, Sustainable Greece, trash, waste management

Greece’s Small Islands Get Half a Billion in Eco-Funding – We Think

2022-06-17 by Phil Butler

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Mayors of some of Greece’s smallest islands met with Prime Minister Mitsotakis recently to discuss progress for eco-friendly development.

Tags: eco-friendly, EU Funding, Greece, Greece Prime Minister, Greece tourism, National Strategic Reference Framework, NSRF, sustaiable tourism, sustainability funding, sustainable, Sustainable Greece, tourism

Greece Hospitality Decisionmakers Fist Bump “Sustainability” Some More

2021-10-14 by Phil Butler

Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias

Greek hoteliers and hospitality stakeholders have been pumping sustainability for all it’s worth for years now. And there’s no sign of letup.

Tags: Alexandros Vassilikos, Greece 2.0, HCH, Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, SETE, sustainability, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, Vasilis Kikilias

Read This If You Care About the Greece of Tomorrow

2021-08-21 by Phil Butler

Crete shores

If the Greece of tomorrow is to retain the same touristic value it enjoys today, a more sustainable model must be created.

Tags: EplerWood International, Greece, Greece sustainability, Greece tourism, Greece travel, ISTI, Kerten Hospitality, Marloes Knippenberg, Megan Epler Wood, Minoan Group, pandemic, pandemic developments, Sustainable Greece, WTP, WTS

KEPE Says Tourism Cannot Sustain Greece In the Future

2021-06-07 by Phil Butler

The windmills in Mykonos, Greece

Tourism cannot be the pillar of long-term economic growth for Greece. The sector cannot keep pace to grow the country’s GDP.

Tags: European Stability Mechanism, Greece, Greece GDP, Greece tourism, IMF, KEPE, Klaus Regling, MSC Orchestra, Sustainable Greece, sustainable tourism, sustainable travel, tourism industry, UNWTO

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