Posted on 01/27/2015 7:33:58 AM PST by C19fan
“I think it makes sense to pare back the all-inclusive model and let local cities and regions decide how best to market their attractions.”
Wow. Sounds like you’re a strong believer in a centrally planned economy instead of letting market forces work, which in this case makes the all-in-one packages highly desirable for the average, less adventurous tourists for a large number of reasons:
1. Certainty of cost and quality.
2. Freedom from fear of being ripped off.
3. Language issues take care of.
4. Convenience and ease of having EVERYTHING arranged for you.
5. Being able to determine and receive excellent value up front.
6. Being able to rely on a large number of feedbacks from previous tourists made possible by having a small number of very popular plans.
So, basically, if these all-in-one packages are eliminated, then a certain percentage of tourists will not have their requirements met by rinky-dink, brand X, unknown alternatives, and will simply not go to Greece at all. So the outcome will be to reduce tourism to Greece, the ONE thing they make money at. But then, isn’t that the way centrally planned economies always function?
I believe in local control, not in a uniform tourist scheme.
I wrote that it should be under the control of cities and regions. They know how best to market themselves because they have more familiarity with what attracts tourists than tourist operators do.
Nowhere did I say I favor a one sized fits all tourist market. In fact, I argued Greece should do the exact opposite.
My thoughts exactly, on (at minimum) a daily basis.
How dare people get what they want!
Greece is aspiring to be the Venezuela of Europe.
” Eventually Russians will bail out Greece ...”
With what? They’ve become a basket case themselves.
That’s like Cuba rescuing Venezuela.
Mexico, Jamaica, many Asian countries all are safer in a resort than walking the streets.
Wait until tourists stay away after the crime rate explodes. They will blame the Gypsies but the culprit will be locals.
After all , “Taken” is based in Europe.
“pare back the all-inclusive model” can be accomplished only by central government control via imposing sanctions on currently thriving businesses to either eliminate them or make them less thriving.
cease to exist
Or maybe seek to exit.
This isn’t about money. The amount of money these resorts “keep” from the local economy isn’t enough to justify this sort of interference. This is about power. This is about the radical Left in office grabbing all the power it can reach. The real money is in running these resorts at all, and that’s the money they want to tap.
OMG, I am stealing that as my tagline. Unfortunately, I have to shorten it.
All they have to do is start a business and compete with the for profit resort down the street. Problem is, 1) they wont, and 2) even if they did, their penchant is for tilting the playing field rather than trying to build a better mousetrap.
“And no more zip-lines! Zip-lines are capitalist. From now on, tourists can hold on to a clothesline and walk across people’s backyards. That’s worth five, six thousand euros.”
Greece's new radical Prime Minister has declared war on the country's all-inclusive holiday resorts and vowed to limit them. All-you-can-eat breakfast buffets and unlimited cocktails and ouzo by the pool could become a thing of the past in Greece despite the all-inclusive travel industry, that brings in £1.5billion for the country. Alexis Tsipras, leader of the triumphant anti-bailout party Syriza, believes such deals 'alienate tourists from the local economy' by keeping them behind resort gates and away from local businesses and attractions. He has warned that contracts with large resort chains will be reviewed and deals to sell public land to developers could be reopened.
It is as if the entire world has gone f-ing insane.
My observation as well.
Sometimes I have to limit my FReeping time because it can get depressing.
5.56mm
Greece has no reason to trust Nato or Europe since they stood by while Turkey raped and pillaged Greece in the 1960s.
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