{"id":10532,"date":"2026-06-13T13:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10532"},"modified":"2026-06-13T13:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T10:47:00","slug":"kyriakos-mitsotakis-in-rhodes-tourism-in-the-dodecanese-remains-resilient-despite-international-pressures-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=10532","title":{"rendered":"Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Rhodes: Tourism in the Dodecanese remains resilient despite international pressures (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">     <strong>Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong> sent a message of optimism from Rhodes following the meeting on <strong>tourism<\/strong>, noting that the <strong>Dodecanese<\/strong> continue to hold a strong position on the Greek tourism map, despite the unstable international environment. <\/p>\n<p>     The Prime Minister noted that tourism in the region remains resilient, attributing a significant part of this success to local stakeholders and industry professionals. <\/p>\n<p>     \u201c<strong>Tourism in the Dodecanese is proving resilient; local authorities have turned it into a flagship<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>     At the same time, he referred to developments in the Middle East and specifically to the conflict in <strong>Iran<\/strong>, saying that there is optimism that the crisis may de-escalate soon, without, however, losing valuable time for this year\u2019s tourist season. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>     The message for  the Middle East <\/h3>\n<p>     The Prime Minister emphasized that the country must act immediately to capitalize on the emerging demand for Greece as a safe tourist destination. <\/p>\n<p>     \u201c<strong>Optimism regarding a swift resolution of the conflict in Iran automatically creates the need for us to act quickly to meet the demand that lies ahead<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>     Government officials estimate that developments in the Middle East are affecting the international tourism market as a whole, with Greece attempting to maintain its advantage of stability. <\/p>\n<h3>     The reference to labor issues and wages <\/h3>\n<p>     <strong>Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong> also made a special mention of labor issues in the tourism sector, emphasizing the climate of cooperation that, as he said, prevails in Rhodes between employees and employers. <\/p>\n<p>     \u201c<strong>There is labor peace\u2014the atmosphere between employees and employers is very good\u2014the collective bargaining agreement in Rhodes offers higher wages<\/strong>,\u201d he noted. <\/p>\n<p>     The Prime Minister added that the growth of tourism must also be reflected in workers\u2019 incomes. <\/p>\n<p>     \u201c<strong>Where tourism is doing well, both employers and employees must benefit<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a message of optimism from Rhodes following the meeting on tourism, noting that the Dodecanese continue to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}