Κατασκευή, Τουριστική Υποδομή και Περιβάλλον Construction, Touristic infrastructure & environment Mr Harry Coccossis General Secretary G.N.T.O

Tourism in Greece  arrivals of foreigners every year  17 % του Α.Ε.Π  jobs or 16% of the total employment  beds in rooms belonging to hotel units  camping spaces  And bed in bnb

Effects of tourism on the destination place 4 different dimensions:  Natural environment Natural ecosystemsNatural ecosystems Natural resources (ground, flora, fauna, etc)Natural resources (ground, flora, fauna, etc)  Structured environment Architectural heritageArchitectural heritage Structure, operation, dynamics of human settlementsStructure, operation, dynamics of human settlements  Social environment (ethics, customs, institutions)  Economic environment  Local, regional, national scale

Positive Repercussions  Economic growth Creation of postsCreation of posts Multiplicative results in other sectorsMultiplicative results in other sectors  Contribution in the upgrade natural and cultural resources Via work and policy of appointment of resourcesVia work and policy of appointment of resources Via private initiatives for the upgrade of traditional residences and the protection of environmentVia private initiatives for the upgrade of traditional residences and the protection of environment  Improvement of quality of life because work of infrastructure

Negative Repercussions(1)  Competition of economic activities - danger of monoculture  Competition in the uses of ground  Danger of devalorisation cultural and natural heritage  Territorial concentration: over-concentration/ saturation and dissemination  Problems of growth, operation and management of tourist regions

Negative Repercussions (2)  Overcharge in the technical or tourist infrastructures (tax of networks and recipients)  Alteration of landscape and cultural tradition with the admission of new elements in the local system: authentism and devising

Strategy of Viable Growth Viable growth Economic effectiveness Competitiveness and growth in the region Social justice Diffusion of utilities of - cost - opportunities Environmental protection Appointment and safeguarding cultural and natural heritage

Actions of viable growth :  In the type of tourism  Better management of mass tourism  Nationally and regional land-planning drawings for the completed management coastal and mountainous regions  In the behavior of tourists  Improvement of environmental sensitivity  Dissemination of time of interruptions  Differentiation of types of tourism  In the quality of tourist infrastructures  Promotion of new forms of tourism  Careful choice of lodgings  Improvement of environmental sensitivity of local society and services of tourism

Planning for tourism National and international tourist markets Use of tourist resources and installations by the permanent residents Natural, cultural and socio- economic environment Tourist resources and activities Lodgings Institutional frame Transport Further infrastructure Other tourist services Πηγή : Tourism Planning: An Intergated and Sustainable Development Approach, 1991

Topics for Greece  Seasonal working  The mass tourist demand focused in concrete regions  Overexploitation or abandonment of natural resources because of intense pressures (agriculture, tourism, homing) Exhaustion and devalorisation of ydatjkw'n resourcesExhaustion and devalorisation of ydatjkw'n resources Loss of natural ecotopesLoss of natural ecotopes Devalorisation of land ecosystemsDevalorisation of land ecosystems Loss of rural extentsLoss of rural extents Disorder in urbanisationDisorder in urbanisation Devalorisation of landscapeDevalorisation of landscape Erosion of ground - desertationErosion of ground - desertation

Strategy for Tourism Strategy for Tourism  Νew institutional / organisational frame –Ministry of Tourism Development –Greek National Tourism Organisation – GNTO - HTP –Νew Law  Strategy – Tourism in the frame of strategy for Viable Growth  Objective –Qualitative upgrade of tourist product –Enlargement and enrichment of tourist product  Μethodology –Configuration of 10 year strategic plan –Developmental Law –Growth of special forms of tourism –Promotion and projection

Quality Upgrade  Priority: –Growth of tourism for the needs of modern individual  Support of investments of high quality: –Hotels of luxury and resorts –Athletic tourism –House - tourism –Exhibition and congress installations –Thalassotherapy, spa etc.

Expansion and Enrichment  Sighteeing extended futher than the classic model “sun and sea”  Activities throughout all year  Axes for the growth of special forms of tourism –Health tourism-thalassotherapy-health-beauty –Cultural and urban tourism – congress and exihibition tourism, city breaks... –Ecotourism – tourism in the nature... –Marine tourism, scuba, sailing…

Development Law- Priorities Development Law- Priorities  Enlargement of spectrum of tourism enterprises that depends in the Developmental Law  Establishment of motives for modernisation, change of use or even withdrawl of tourist units  Configuration of motives adapted in the local destinations with accent in islander and moutainous regions  Facilitation of big investments with the constitution of interministerial committee  Improvement and simplification of administrative processes of approval of private investments and withdrawing the disincentives

Summary  Greece has rich and varied cultural and natural background ideal for the growth of multiform tourist growth  The tourist policy should specialise itself in the particularities of tourist destinations  Important factor of success constitutes the growth of tourist infrastructures with main protractor the viable growth in national, regional and local level  The policy for the tourism is immediately interwoven with a policy for viable growth that has territorial dimension  The problems are to a large extent emanation of institutional frame and its insufficient application