ATHENS, May 26 (Xinhua) — Greece’s tourism sector, a vital pillar of the country’s economy for decades, has been forecast to recover and reach the 2019 pre-pandemic record levels this year by local officials and industry experts.
Revenues from tourism soared 342 percent in the first three months of 2022 compared with the same period the previous year, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias told local television on Thursday.
However, many businesses in this industry are struggling to find personnel to fill in thousands of job vacancies, as people, in particular after the pandemic shock, seem to seek more stability in the workplace, experts told Xinhua in recent interviews.
According to a study released recently by Institute SETE, the Research Institute of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), about 22-24 percent of the job positions in the organograms of Greek hotels were not covered last…