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Greece tourism spatial planning reforms

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2026-07-30 10:42 UTC → 2026-07-31 12:10 UTC · added removed

In late July 2026, Greek 2026 MP Katerina Spyritadaki called for urged a new national‑strategic spatial planning framework for tourism, arguing that any plan must be based on emphasizing a clear development vision and accommodate that reflects regional differences such as over‑concentration and infrastructure needs. gaps. Five days later, later the government announced that the Special Spatial Framework for Tourism had entered its final legislative stage. The revised draft introduced tighter limits on hotel sizes, stricter rules for saturated islands, updated short‑term rental short‑term‑rental provisions and new destination classification destination‑classification criteria, while preserving development zones on large and medium larger islands. Concurrently, Concurrently the Tourism Ministry and the Greek Tourism Confederation agreed to revamp tourism education, converting vocational schools into experimental centres and expanding practical training training. On 30 July the draft was submitted to better align skills the Ministry of Environment and Energy for ministerial approval, marking the last step before signing. Public consultation produced a graduated hotel‑capacity scheme allowing up to 350 beds per unit, with sector demands. extra beds linked to additional land area (six extra beds per stremma beyond the first 16). Short‑term‑rental beds now count toward a destination’s tourism carrying capacity. Strategic tourism investments are prohibited on Group I islands (e.g., Corfu, Rhodes, Kos) and Group II islands (e.g., Mykonos, Santorini), restricting development to Organized Tourism Development Areas. The draft must be signed by month‑end to satisfy Greece’s Recovery and Resilience Fund commitments, with Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou holding final authority.

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