Fun Tourism Location in Greece of Europe
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The tourism in Greece is one of the main economic activities of the country. It attracts more than 17.5 million people each year and represents 15% of GDP national. Greece attracts visitors since the ancient times because of its heritage and its cultivation. Today the country is known for its historical sites, its beaches, Mediterranean climate and scenery. The Greece tourism contributes 15% of the Gross Domestic Product ( GDP national), and attracts over 16 million tourists each year. The country has attracted foreign visitors since antiquity for its rich and long history and, more recently, for its magnificent Mediterranean beaches. In 2005, only the capital, Athens, has received more than six million tourists.
In 2004, the country welcomed over 16.5 million tourists. The island of Rhodes is one of the most visited places in the Mediterranean Sea. According to a survey conducted in China in 2005, the Greece was voted as the number one choice of the Chinese people to a tourist destination. Moreover, Greece has been actively trying to get a large portion of the annual Chinese tourists, especially the large presence of Greek tourist information in the Beijing International Tourism Expo, in 2006. The Greece had the largest share of a country in the Beijing Tourism Expo with a total exhibition space of over 1,152 m², more than any other nation. In November 2006, the Austria, like China, announced that Greece was the favorite destination for tourism, which brought optimistic hopes for the future. According to these remarks, the Minister of Tourism of Greece Aris Spiliotopoulos announced the opening of an office of GNTO in Shanghai until 2010. In order to promote the flow of Chinese tourists to Greece, the Air China has now established direct flights from China to Greece.
At the same time, the tourism consumption has increased considerably since the turn of the millennium, 17.7 billion US dollars in 2000 to 29.6 billion in 2004. More than 600 000 jobs were directly or indirectly linked to the tourism sector this year, which represented 16.5% of total employment in the country. Although Greece has always been a popular tourist destination, has often been criticized for being behind other nations in Western Europe in terms of tourism infrastructure. However, this has been greatly improved since the Athens Olympics in 2004.
The Greece has 51 marinas and 14 661 tie points that offer services such as bunks, fuel, water and electricity, telephone, and repair of vessels. Some of the most developed and busiest marinas in Greece are just a few kilometers from the center of Athens. The marinas of Alimos and Flisvos on the south coast of Athens, have an aggregate capacity of more than 1,800 ships.
The remnants of the culture of classical Greece are preserved mainly in Athens, Sparta, Mycenae, Argos and other sites, while sculptures and other objects of art displayed in Greek museums (National, of Heraclea, the Acropolis, etc.), and main cultural centers of the world are a constant reminder of copious Hellenic cultural heritage which is still alive in the education of Greeks.
A History of Greece traditionally includes the study of Greek, areas ruled by them and the territory of modern Greece. The scope of government housing and the Greek people suffered several changes through the years and, as a consequence, the history of Greece reflects this elasticity. Each era, each period has its own spheres of interest. The first Greeks arrived in Europe just before 1500 BC, and during its heyday, the Greek Civilization ruled everything is included among Greece, Egypt and the Hindu Kush. The Greeks established traditions of justice and individual freedom that would establish itself as the foundations of contemporary democracy.
The Acropolis is the part of cities and other Greek civilization, located in the peak of a hill, which built iconic buildings such as temples or places of meeting, and when they met important personalities of the city, acts also important. The most famous example is the Acropolis of Athens, which, for historical reasons and for artistic and famous buildings that were erected, is generally known as the Acropolis, in short, without any further qualification.
The Acropolis of Athens is the Acropolis Greek important. The Acropolis was literally high city and was present in most Greek cities, with a dual role: as his defense and the main places of worship.
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