Reform in tourism education | Reviving the hotel - educational institution with modern means

The Ministry of National Economy and Finance supports the important betterment of the Ministry of Tourism for the upgrade of tourism acquisition and the utilization of acquisition buildings.

In this context, a gathering was held contiguous betwixt the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis and the Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, regarding the Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) that volition find the organization model for the utilization of tourism acquisition properties done Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).

During the meeting, ways of utilizing buildings and facilities that beryllium to nationalist spot were besides discussed, with the purpose of enhancing the qualitative improvement of Greek tourism and section communities.

Upgrading Tourism Education

The betterment of the Ministry of Tourism provides for the revival of the hotel-school model, with modern tools and means, utilizing PPPs and acquisition portion buildings that person a edifice operation permit.

The initiative, precocious announced by the Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, includes:

• The leasing of acquisition buildings with a edifice operation licence done planetary tenders, for a play of up to 99 years.
• The work to modernize, upgrade vigor ratio and support precocious operating standards.
• Ensuring the uninterrupted continuation of acquisition programs.
• The extortion of the nationalist and escaped quality of tourism education, with the Ministry of Tourism retaining work for the cognition and the acquisition program.

The caller model promotes the instauration of integrated models of coexistence of hotels and acquisition units, inspired by the Swiss example. Leases volition beryllium accompanied by contractual obligations to upgrade the buildings, successful bid to guarantee the creaseless cognition of acquisition programs.

The inaugural concerns the Schools of Higher Vocational Training (SAEK) successful Anavyssos, Perea and Heraklion (Kokkini Hani)

This inaugural achieves the upgrading of tourism acquisition with modern infrastructure and high-level applicable grooming and the effectual utilization of nationalist property, successful presumption of sustainability, transparency and nationalist interest.