Introduction
Maritime tourism is a branch of the tourism product of Epirus. Maritime tourism is a dynamically developing tourism activity for which the necessary promotion has not been done. Maritime tourism has activities and interests that are addressed to all ages and to all economic and social strata of Greek and foreign tourists.
INFRASTRUCTURE.
The beaches of Epirus are offered for maritime tourism, for specialized and for mass tourism if the maritime and land infrastructures are completed.
1) Quick completion in Igoumenitsa of the pier and the cruise terminal for attracting cruise ships. The cruises attract many tourists who make a big turnover in the market, in the restaurants and leisure shops as well as in the buses, taxis and rental cars to visit the sights of the area and the archeological sites of Epirus.
2) Completion of the procedures for the auction of the modern marina in Igoumenitsa for the attraction of yachts – yachts – sailing boats and yachts. The tourists of this category are people of high income and give great development in the region. Many jobs will be created with a lot of income for the state. The two aforementioned projects are mainly the responsibility of OLIGAE. The new administration of OL.GA.E. has shown keen interest in promoting them quickly to make up for lost time of the previous administration.
3) Proper organization – maintenance and upgrade of services provided in the existing yacht shelters of coastal villages from Sagiada to Preveza due to easy access through Egnatia even in winter there is overcrowding for mooring and guarding boats.
DYNAMIC ADVERTISING and promotion of maritime tourism with a special printed guide with a nautical chart, a separate site on the internet, presentation in specialized exhibitions in Greece and abroad and educational trips of schools with sailing boats and cruises.
Sea sports. Here is a brilliant field of action for young people from 7 to 77 years old. We are in the middle of summer and the excursions to the Ionian coast are massive, it is not enough just to swim and sunbathe on all organized beaches there are businesses with all the necessary water sports. Ask your instructor to teach you water skiing, rent a canoe, a pedal boat, a motocraft and go out in the open, always respecting the rules of navigation. The prices are very affordable, take diving lessons from an experienced diving instructor and enjoy or a boat ride to visit the remote beaches, caves and take with you fishing gear for amateur fishing.
WATER SPORTS .In all cases you require from the L / C to have obtained from the respective school a license to operate a speedboat.
Group and organize by creating in all the coastal villages nautical clubs for more organized water sports activities, take as an example the successful nautical club of Igoumenitsa.
The Ionian Sea is a calm sea suitable for water sports from March to October.
You can rent a sailing boat or yacht with your friends or family if you have the necessary pilot license you take it yourself if you do not rent it with the crew, prices vary depending on the season, how many people and for how many days out of 100 up to 200 euros per day. You will find them in Plataria, Sivota, Parga etc.
Ancillary activities: In order for all the activities of maritime tourism to be properly organized and to function properly, there must be support activities from the involved services such as the central port authority, OLIG. Municipality, shipping-tourist offices, unions, but also the necessary shops with shipping supplies, catering, fishing equipment and boat maintenance. All these activities will create new jobs. Also, most of the above activities in maritime tourism are part of subsidized programs of OAED, the NSRF and the development law. Those who are eager to invest in maritime tourism take the opportunity.
EpilogueThe three main reasons that prompted me to write this article are: a) my love for the sea, I have been a sailor for a short time, I still have the navy booklet and I have a speedboat pilot license, b) my love for tourism, I am the owner of the tourism companies OLYMPIC and HOLIDAY ZIGOS in the N. Port of Igoumenitsa – Graikochori and Mesovouni and c) I found that the people of Epirus are traditionally a mountainous people, the majority of them do not
Introduction
Archaeological tourism is a special form of tourism that appeals to high socio-economic strata and especially to older tourists. The world famous and the most powerful asset of Greece in archeological tourism is the Acropolis with the Parthenon. The Trinity is completed worldwide by the Pyramids of Cheops in Egypt, the Great Wall in China and the Colosseum in Rome with millions of visitors a year.
Archaeological tourism in Epirus has been slow to develop (with the exception of the ancient theater of Dodoni and Ancient Nikopolis).
A) The restoration of the ancient theater must be completed B) The excavations and the promotion of the ancient state must proceed C) The space must be fenced and cleaned D) There must be a permanent guard E) There must be a proper projection.
In combination with the restoration and promotion of the castle of Igoumenitsa and the other archeological and Byzantine monuments to attract many tourists (fortunately in Igoumenitsa we have a remarkable archeological museum and it takes us white faces).
The archeological service has done a good job in the restored archeological Byzantine park of Osdina but without visitors. We, the tourism professionals, are also responsible for the small number of visitors to the archeological sites of Thesprotia, who do not recommend them to our customers and do not promote them through our professional Sites.
In the rest of Epirus things are better in the ancient theaters and in the castles and in the Byzantine monuments for this and they attract every year more tourists – visitors of archeological tourism. There is room for greater development of archaeological tourism. For this purpose, the new body LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURAL ROUTE OF THE ANCIENT THEATERS OF EPIRUS was established on 10-12-2018.
Having the institutional support of the Epirus Region, the technical support of the Development Epirus SA. and the experience of Mr. Benos, President of DIAZOMATOS together with the 60 companies of tourism, trade, local products, etc. We agreed on a memorandum of cooperation. For the connection of archaeological tourism and culture with the local economy and mainly quality local products. The 15-member monitoring committee was set up in which I also participate as a representative of the tourism company OLYMPIC HOLIDAY ZIGOS.
The companies that will participate in the local pact must meet very high criteria and will be certified by the body. Also in the competence of the local pact will be the correct promotion of the archeological-cultural tourism package by creating a dynamic site and a video with the use of information technology and social media to make the ancient theaters of Epirus known to all interested tourists and especially to the Tour operator and the shipping companies that organize cruises in the Mediterranean to put in their program targeted advertising at the source.
To attract more cruise ships to Igoumenitsa which is unfair with 15 arrivals per year while in Corfu they exceed 500 arrivals per year.
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Igoumenitsa 12.03.2019
