The country’s mountain and semi-mountain tourism at a critical juncture, just a few days before the peak of the festival, due to Ongoing Country Movements and the blocking of the main axes of the road. While bookings at popular destinations in mainland Greece predicted 75% to 100% occupancy for Christmas and New Year, roadblocks are causing a wave of cancellations, freezing new bookings and increasing insecurity among travelers.
As mentioned by hoteliers Things There hasn’t been any wave of holiday cancellations while travelers wait for updates, although cancellations have been recorded in the past few days, but “the phone isn’t ringing.
Important week for bookings
The current week is decisive for the course of the winter season. Market players warned that, if the protesters continue or progress, an appeal to Greek vacations or even the directives of hotels and local businesses.
Already, in places like Trikala, Pelion and Lake Plashira, the cancellation of the booking of 30% has raced, while in the nations of thousands of thousands of euros.
Interference with the panhellenic Federation of Hoteliers
The strong concern of the hotel sector was expressed by the Panhellenic Federation of Hotier (POX) in a letter to the ministers of the Ministers of Citizen Protection, infrastructure and development of the Ministry of Tourism.
The letter points out that even the hotel industry understands the demands of farmers and will maintain a close, inclusive relationship with the main sector in other economic sectors of the economy.
“The effects of road closures are visible, as the cancellation of bookings has begun. Any continuation or extension of the blockades is not only for hotels but the local economy as a whole”, it emphasized.
“Rain” to cancel the mill of the elves
The problem is particularly acute in Trikala, where the elf mill, a winter Tourism staple, faces multiple cancellations. The president of the Hoteliers’ Union of Trikala, Konstantinos Papapoulios, speaking on Parapolitika 90.1, addressed a public appeal to the farmers to open the roads.
“Last year we had over 1.5 million visitors. This year things have gone from bad to worse. I’m not saying right or wrong,” they said.
According to him, in the prefecture of Trikala there are more than 3,000 beds, which are at risk of being empty, while businesses are preparing for the holiday season of the year.
Emergency Teleconference in Magnesia
Aggressive action has also been noted with Magnesia. In the afternoon of Saturday, December 13, a unique teleconference on the Process at the Magnesia Hotel was held by representatives of the prefecture, with the main roads.
The common position of all is that the roads must be opened immediately, as “one sector cannot create a problem for another”. The hoteliers then warned that if the problem is not solved immediately, there will be a “domino effect” in the local economy, which has not yet recovered from the new natural disasters.