{"id":134733,"date":"2019-10-28T10:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/infrastructure-air-services-and-bureaucracy-hinder-growth-of-cruise-says-kontes\/"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T08:01:15","slug":"infrastructure-air-services-and-bureaucracy-hinder-growth-of-cruise-says-kontes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/en\/infrastructure-air-services-and-bureaucracy-hinder-growth-of-cruise-says-kontes\/","title":{"rendered":"Infrastructure, air services and bureaucracy hinder growth of cruise, says Kontes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-134731\" src=\"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"885\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-200x104.jpg 200w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-400x208.jpg 400w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-600x312.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001-800x416.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maritimes.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/57cf30ca65eec4ac35efaa7cec7af001.jpg 885w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\" \/>Greece may have all the natural advantages that rank it among the best cruise destinations in the world but it lags behind in comparison with other countries in terms of infrastructure&#8221; said the president of the cruiseship owners union Theodoros Kontes to Athens-Maceonian News Agency on Sunday.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"width:100\\%; max-width:885px;\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"image_apostasi\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image_sketi\" src=\"\/ennews\/uploads\/celestyal_olympia.jpg\" style=\"max-width:885px; width:100\\%; max-height:460px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Kontes referred to insufficient port infrastructure, air services an excessive bureaucracy that hinder the growth of the cruise sector in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>As he said, the necessary interventions for every Greek port have been submitted to Shipping Minister Yannis Plakiotakis &#8220;who has shown great interest and asked for our proposals from the first minute he assumed office&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Kontes also added that &#8220;recently, Citizen Protection Ministry&#8217;s officials have held inspections to all the Greek islands due to the new rules for non-Schenghen passengers that must be applied as of January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>www.amna.gr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece may have all the natural advantages that rank it among the best cruise destinations  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-maritimes-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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