2024-07-03 03:07:19
• All of the native issues confronted by locals and foreigners have been put “on the carpet”.
An especially fruitful and constructive assembly was held yesterday by the president of the Hoteliers’ Union of Rhodes, Yiannis Papavasiliou, and the members of the Administration with the mayor of Rhodes, Alexandros Koliadis. All present points associated to the development of on a regular basis life and the picture of the island have been mentioned and the great degree of understanding and cooperation between the Municipality of Rhodes and the EXR was established.
“We had the pleasure of internet hosting within the Municipality the president Mr. Yiannis Papavasileiou and the members of the Administration of the Rhodes Resort Affiliation. This isn’t the primary assembly we’ve got had. We had a constructive dialogue with individuals who love the place and maintain it. The lodge trade is essentially the most fundamental hyperlink in our tourism chain. Varied points have been raised that should do with the correct functioning of tourism and every day points that we’re requested to cope with as a municipal authority. Within the context of a superb cooperation, any assist from EXR is welcome. However we, for our half, are keen to serve and assist hoteliers who need the visitor expertise to be the absolute best outdoors of the accommodations.
EXR has an necessary position on our island. We’ve got an in depth friendship with Mr. Papavasileiou and I’m positive that we’ll have a superb cooperation for the great of our nation”, mentioned Mr. Koliadis after the lengthy assembly.
Expressing his satisfaction with the assembly with the mayor and the trade of views, Mr. Papavasileiou acknowledged that: “We had an open dialogue in regards to the current and the way forward for our island. The mayor is nicely conscious of the island’s issues and we see that on daily basis he manages to take steps to handle them. We as EXR will all the time be subsequent to the Municipality, we are going to assist and advise it and we are going to provide the perfect for society and our place.
We raised the difficulty of waste. We see that on daily basis the state of affairs is enhancing and we emphasised that this effort have to be continued to succeed in the right consequence. We additionally request that recycling be strengthened in order that the recyclable waste collected by the accommodations is collected in time.”
Additionally, as Mr. Papavasiliou talked about, the difficulty of site visitors congestion within the metropolis heart was mentioned. Relating to the precise concern, the mayor identified that the purpose is to make the most of the 800 parking areas that exist within the port of Akadia. Quickly the mini bus companies will begin that can take the drivers to town heart and again.
Lastly, the subject of the extension of the vacationer season and the way in which by which the Municipality can assist and strengthen this attitude and the focused actions of entrepreneurs within the hospitality sector have been mentioned.
Then Mr. Koliadis acknowledged that EXR is the primary interlocutor of the Municipality of Rhodes on all key points. He identified {that a} extensive spherical of consultations will likely be opened. On this course of, the position of the Resort Affiliation of Rhodes will likely be catalytic, in accordance with the mayor.
“We could have conferences usually to see what’s the course of the proposals we’re discussing. It’s not sufficient to easily submit proposals. It leads nowhere. The answer of each drawback requires session and EXR is one in every of our fundamental interlocutors.
An enormous dialogue on Native City Planning will quickly open. About the place we wish our island to go within the subsequent 20 years so that everybody can submit their opinions and their documented positions and we will make the required selections.
I’m glad that the president and the Board of Administrators of EXR, which consists of the brand new technology of hoteliers who’ve taken over from skilled hoteliers who’re nicely conscious of the wants of the vacationer product and have contributed to consolidating the touristic picture of the island, are all the time by our aspect.
Mr. Papavasiliou and I agree that all the things we do issues the folks of Rhodes at the beginning. If the locals aren’t completely satisfied, the guests to our island can’t be completely satisfied both. We wish a extra humane and accessible island, a extra… Europeanized island. We need to really feel as Rhodesians pleased with our place and if we attain this level, we’re positive that our guests will take pleasure in their holidays on our island rather more”, mentioned Mr. Koliadis.
Lastly, Mr. Papavasileiou acknowledged that the initiative of the conferences of the EXR Administration with the members per area will proceed with the purpose of recording the wants that exist in locations and informing the municipality of Rhodes and the co-competent native our bodies. Subsequent week, a gathering with representatives of the accommodations of Ialyssos is scheduled to happen on the EXR workplaces, and a gathering with representatives of the accommodations within the Faliraki space is deliberate for the next week.