SETE Positions

SETE’s interventions on matters of tourism policy in Greece usually take the form of positios and proposals. In this section, you can access SETE’s Positions either on a specific subject or for a specific year. Careful readers will notice that some of the proposals presented below are repeated for several years; this is because little to no progress has been made.

Letter to EC: A unified approach towards the re-opening of the European travel and tourism market

To: Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission  Thierry Breton, European Commissioner of Internal Market, President of EC Tourism Committee    November 17th, 2020 Subject: A unified approach towards the re-opening of the European travel and tourism market  Dear Vice-President, Dear Commissioner,  The current COVID-19 pandemic has hit tourism particularly hard as, on the

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Letter to EC “Τourism recovery as part for EU’s economic recovery”

TO: Thierry Breton, European Commissioner of Internal Market, President of EC Tourism Committee CC: Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission         Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner for Economy        Ylva Johanson, Commissioner for Home Affairs        Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms        Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice        Adina Vălean, Commissioner

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Issues – Ministry of Finance

With regard to the –critical to the tourism sector– issues that fall within the competence of the Ministry of Finance, the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has proposed a VAT reduction on the entire tourism package, the abolition of the overnight stay tax, the enhancement of the public investments programme to

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Issues – Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

According to the latest figures, Tourism has directly contributed to the generation of 11.7% of the country’s GDP with EUR 21.6 billion (inbound tourism, domestic tourism, cruise revenues, air and sea transport and investments), while, in total (directly and indirectly), it has contributed from 25.7% (EUR 47.4 billion) to 30.9%

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Issues – Ministry of Enviroment and Energy

The –critical to the tourism sector– issues that need to be addressed were discussed at a meeting held on Thursday, 19 September, between the Board of Directors of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) and the leadership of the Ministry of Environment and Energy. It was agreed that it is necessary

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SETE’s interventions concerning VAT

SETE has highlighted at every opportunity that overtaxation affects the competitiveness of the tourist product, employment rates, investment and, as a result, the whole of the Greek economy. Referring to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ announcement on (07.05.19) on a series of new relief measures to take effect in 2019-2021, including the reduction of

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Stabilizing the economy

The prerequisites for the Greek economy to enter a steady growth path Following the completion of the thirdeconomic adjustment programme, Greece has a window of opportunity to exploit the structural adjustments that have been applied to its economy, to remain on the reform path and to implement its own growth

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