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appearing live. and spotlight next on our t.v. ending this edition examines how the greek tourist industry has been influenced by the country's financial times. oh yeah. i. see. today. as greece kid struggling to avoid a catastrophic bankruptcy its lawmakers approved bailout. europe stronger

economies are eager to help their neighbors. for spending cuts and. tourism increases are the source for many. but as the crisis goes along. tourists are not that willing to do. so what's the remedy is there any chance to save the country by this tourist industry probably. more to discuss. its mayor to a city called. the economic crisis and. the. protests have damaged the greece's. nation some people became afraid to visit.

the greeks trying to. track prices are reasonable. remains high. the whole experience is the same as it ever was as they have been untouched by the turmoil on the mainland. as a tremendous calumet a sad. day and specificially thank you for being with us today. also like this starts with the image of greece that we have been seeing in the media lately. it doesn't look very optimistic please with news of the crisis of mass protests and then rest in the streets kok how does that affect the inflow to or ists of which a vital for the greek economy especially in your part of the country but i want to

hear your eight those media reports about greece having a hard time as if seriously upset or image especially as a tourist destination after all must in fact. in greece in general is a very friendly region. we have been in two or years. when we have really names as good hosts to anyone who comes for a holy spirit because we're invest in our economy. and we are always happy to host them and offer them the best we have. it was a period when the media around the world were running stories about strikes in unrest in greece. although it was not really that dramatic sort of course it was really bad for our image is a nation. it was the same footage circulated all around the world after making it look like all doom and gloom for greece you prefer.

i would like to tell you as a mere they were actually doing much better then they say. oh. we have very warm relations with russia. seven said by a culture we share yes you become a religion musson orthodox christianity and history a friendship they dates back centuries. proposed last summer i spent my whole are doing portugal which is also struggling through serious crisis when they're expecting to see prices plunged at hotels restaurants and thanks to services so that's new but it was the opposite the prices had gone up. and when i asked the locals about it's they said it was because of the crisis is that a quarter use phenomenon or is it the same in greece. you're here because the trend is absolutely the same in greece. i'm glad you're already familiar with this

phenomenon. but less summer everything was perfect and we had no price spikes in greece to get. dozens of tourists from russia and the rest of the world can testify to that you know many people are regular visitors to greece. in particular. and many of them make it their holiday home buying property and it is a money in our economy. as you can imagine and they would never do that unless they felt that our region is safe and stable. and that is very important to us and we want people coming to greece to feel safe and secure as. well because we have you all of our guests a great deal subscript as a miss. with all the bailout money greece has recently received from the european union the i.m.f. it's still struggling hard to find a way out of the nomic crisis spotlights you know the media has more of that issue

. the greek economic treasure to study on food and and it's the global financial downturn back in two thousand and nine the rescue plan was outlined the full year austerity measures at home along with a malta bill in europe international aid package economists who predicted the european bailout plan would only keep greece afloat for a while proved right the risk of the food came back this year the apocalypse was scheduled for the end of march that's when the international community stepped in and agreed and even began rescue package exceeded one hundred seventy two been any use in return athens had to pose even tougher a stereotype measures to say trading sage and c reacted with upgrading greece's credit rating to a b. minus a sign in it a stable outlook status and analysts are still cautious i think the greek

government is not going away and it will not go away until greece first of all it uses that. reduces its deficit and becomes more competitive. by implementing older reforms. have been voted so far to ensure that the record has become more export oriented unless the mystically. the bulk of the burden for stabbing lies in the economy is on the shoulders of greek public sector workers jobs and wages have been cut while taxes have been raised the public has not like a mad cent resulting in euro strikes demonstrations and occasionally violent unrest and now more protests are scheduled to take place against the next round of cuts as people see the bailout bring in little benefits and their lives are here for

a few. businesses down there is no profit as few times. in the past you could make money and now you can't on. the streets there's substantial risk of the fruit remains and these are urging the government to implement further reforms the ratings agency says if this happens greece could reduce its my spirit by twenty twenty while growth grizzlie right twenty four to. have heard it's more than once in media reports and you must have heard it too that's one of the reasons for the economic problems that greece is experiencing its last despise all the aids breeds just can't be bothered to work all the like to do is drink wine with tourists is that true. i think this perception of the greek people in these extremely unfair was sold there are greeks leaving all over the

world and there were a reputation for being educated hardworking people who contributed to economic development in the respective host countries. draws most of its revenue from tourism industry and as you can see for yourself well holiday the tourism business is hard work people you know especially jobs work more than twelve hours a day seven days a week so we greeks are very hard working in an image of us as you described is grossly unfair unfortunately has been or economic policy in recent years and to use our own production then and increase our imports leaves or isn't our only option for survival because of their situation has also been aggravated by us being forced to take huge n. burdensome loans. greece has become very dependent on germany

rumor has it. the germans nearly half of the country in the crisis we're witnessing this is an attempt to break free from the clutches of german capitalism or will it actually make greece even more dependent on german interests. or here. i believe that greece has realized by now that it needs to pursue its own interests without limiting itself sees to the bilateral format of cooperation with germany after all the more so considering the any huge we're seeing from the european union . and oksana so this crisis is an opportunity for us as an economy yes to launch a new policy and most of the insert working towards our own perspire he says in

fact people in germany have sought to use or crisis in their own interest series or meniscus i was furious. from just to resolve. as a nation of law and assaidi. to get ourselves through this crisis we are only needs to lead and we would like greatly on tourism caught up in the slaughter and we hope to receive even more tourists from russia this year. suffer this dispute we surely need to have more people choose greece is their holy destination to help us recover from this downturns he. says he won his second as mayor of the city of course spotlight will be back shortly after break self stay with us.

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welcome back to the spotlight i am all going over and just a reminder that my guest in the studio today is. back with a smear of the city of crawford. and israel and mr mayor as far as. twenty two percent of greeks are employed in tourism related industries that share is probably even great some call for the show which would you say to is seventy percent. believe of the minutes are got to get everybody your rate is about seventy percent. perhaps even more thank you paula mia all the other joes we have in core four are also related to tourism one way or another. tourism is indeed our big

industry that allows us to make a living about this and it is also our major it build a response to the growing unemployment as more car sign what is the share of russians among the tourists who comes to greece. i suppose germans must be the number one visitors. we saw that imagery of tourists who visit core food come from britain and spain seem us britain holds a leading position to its markets. germany second and russia is rated third in recent years come after. all the best years it has seen a sharp increase over thirty percent in the number of visitors from russia. there is currently a greek travel exhibit being held in moscow or speeding. and it is appearing that we're looking at a great influence in tourists. means that russians. in previous years

enjoyed their stay with us we'll see the enjoy your island we are nature in there see here. i really is green seas very beautiful u.s. navy she's our clean was the old town has been included in the unicyclist of cultural and historical heritage as muslims as you know develop a sense spirit and are preserved in core for. this saint is very special for russian tourists. almost all russian tourists who come to court for a visit to the church. is period. because we have many other historic links with russia. for example is there is this. was a need of course for with the foreign minister of imperial russia it was very much with the scare cast later that he became the first president of independent greece

. and other famous name is of. these a monument to chicago from core for us cover we continue our longstanding relationship with russia because so much we organize annual events for russian tourists we have any russian we can call for gains in scoop in popularity. year by year. there's whackers in addition to that. of artistic events russian musicians and then. percy last year we opened a monument to enter luzhkov prosecutions on a small island. off the shore of course. this is a kind of appreciation and gratitude of our people for the admiral's exports. here. i have been hearing a lot of that. connection with cool fool lately do people of cool food really

remember and respects the russian admiral so much for his victories seeing fighting the french navy. or is it more of a gimmick only just to attract the russians tourists. all here we had words and money meant for over fifteen years. there's also another money mean to him in court for. a long time ago. i think it is a commonly known fact that core food has a bond with russia. helps the most important thing that unites us is orthodox christianity. we think it will chicago was fighting his great battles of the sure of course. he was doing it not so much for. i want you but for greece with guns and the people of course for. which we steal the pre-shared.

liberated from the french. it was a great event they put him forever in the hearts of the people of course for you know. you have mentioned an exhibition held in moscow. as far as. such travel exhibitions unlike also exhibitions know more about its business this is where people come looking for example. do you have any projections today asked to the souris traffic you're looking at next summer. are you expecting more a few at sorriest compared to last season and most of the prospects for the greek tourism industry in general. i expect a significant increase in the number of tourists coming from russia. because there was said before i hope to see a spike upwards of thirty percent you're getting i'm talking about the core for

island specifically for your mind decides we had some positive news coming in from germany in the united kingdom. but there were few tourists coming from these two countries last year but hopefully this seems to be. travel operators in germany in the u.k. seem to succeed at convincing tourists. as well in greece and then the country is safe to travel to new gov. every poor scheme or tree sinfully about greece's privatization fund auctioning off the land plots along the coastline. of quarter four in course for. this offer of interest to russian investors who generally like buying real estate in greece. we would certainly like russian customers. to buy houses perhaps really stayed in course for.

the person we look forward to russian investment. as for this specific property being sold to greece remember occupy is the near of course have objected to this deal was discovered could ask we're talking about a very large insignificant plot of land which is a great value as a neutral in more. if this priest to lend to get develops into a residential area. it's natural beauty would be destroyed. and that would be a loss after all of course for six years as a near center no to the government's. position to this deal. as a mayor can you determine the use of certain plots of land will they be developed into a villa or a gas station. it is in the power of the near the

city council to determine which way the island is to live. there are three small islands around core for. it we would like. in these islands to develop in an environmentally friendly way. for his great prospects for development will mean up to. get if there is enough space to build large hotel complexes. which we do not have enough of at the moment. you know this is the direction we must follow now. we already have some great investment proposals in this area to build several large four in five star hotels. as a mere i would like to invite russian investors interested in core for. i promise to use my i mean to give influence to this is investors in solving whatever problems

and impediments near ice. rate russian businesses and we hope that this cooperation will continue so this. as far as. talking a band is not an offer to sell the land to lease it for a hundred years right. what will happen. to wards will the government just take it away boyd back from the leases. well this lead. off topic let's talk about the government sells leases i don't lend plots undefined terms. but some are sold completely as well others at least for thirty forty or fifty years these years it all depends on the situation and personally suggest the following framework there's the policy we provide dealing.

and investors use it to build a hotel complex is poses no commercial property so i don't accept the we would love it if russians. were noon for their funders of cyprus in crete obviously you would also turn their attention. to real estate in course for almost the same and i will not be crude to see it risky we have many advantages particularly picturesque wildlife center an amazingly clear sea. historical town my name listed as a union school here is the site. of two engine forces. still cook at the inn much much more. school doesn't offer rearm us. thank you thank you very much for being with us and just the way that my guest today was you know i missed this mayor out of the safety of course chris that's it for now from all of us here if you want to

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