Tzitzikostas: Diversification Is the Key to Balanced and Sustainable Tourism

At the 19th Conference of Speakers of the Adriatic and Ionian Initiative held in Ioannina, Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas stressed in a video message that in recent years, 33% of overnight stays in Europe took place in just two months: July and August. In Greece, for example, 56% took place in August last year alone. In some islands and coastal areas, up to 782 overnight stays per thousand inhabitants w…