SETE Positions

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

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

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