Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Main opposition leader: Greece can attract 50 million tourists in 15 years

Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday referred to three “priorities”, as he said, to finally achieve Greece’s exit from the ongoing seven-year economic crisis.

Speaking before an audience at the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce, the pro-reform ND president and former minister repeated that his first priority is to lower tax rates in tandem with reduced state spending.

A second “priority”, as he said, is a more difficult “return to growth”, as well as a restoration of liquidity for the Greek banking system, i.e. re-inclusion of Greek bonds in the ECB’s QE program.

Finally, he mentioned reforms to facilitate increased entrepreneurship and to lure investments to crisis-battered Greece. 

Mr. Mitsotakis characterized tourism as a competitive advantage of Greece and noted: "We are already a country with over 26 million tourists annually. the World Tourism Organization estimates that by 2030 the number of international tourist arrivals will be doubled. This means that in 15 years from now we will be able to welcome 50 million visitors. We need investments to our infrastructure and adjustments to our tourism product to seize this opportunity".

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