Fuchtel urges Germans to visit Greece

Kefalogianni noted that investing in human resources is a priority and announced a number of initiatives in tourism sector education and vocational training.

Referring to a new education programme, already implemented in Germany, Portugal and Spain, which is mainly supported by private

enterprises and offers to tourism studies’ students paid on-the-job training, Kefalogianni said that “the ministry of tourism supports innovation that contributes to better training and creates new job positions”.

On his part, Fuchtel noted the tourism ministry’s intention to promote vocational training and said that it is a great tool in tackling unemployment. Focusing on the advantages of the new education programme, Fuchtel said that the trainees are paid and, at the same time, they have the opportunity to get in touch with labour market trends and work in a foreign country.

He said that the new initiatives undertaken by the tourism ministry have the right timing because Europe has earmarked 6 billion euros for such purposes, underlining that Greece can receive funding and take advantage of the opportunity to reduce unemployment.

Fuchtel invited the German tourists to visit Greece, noting that Greece has made noticeable progress and is a safe country that Germans should visit.

Source: ΑΜΝΑ