Kalyves and tourism ( and a few pics of Georgioupoli too!)

On Tuesday afternoon I attended a meeting in Kalyves organized by the local hoteliers association. The discussion was how to get Kalyves back on the map as tourism has been dropping.

The hotel and room owners had a chance to put their point of view to representatives from the tourist industry and the Chania chamber of Commerce


It was decided the first steps were to 
1. Make sure as many businesses as possible were in the Chamber of commerce catalogue 
2. Construct a website advertising and informing about Kalyves and what is available
3. Encourage the use of booking.com and trip advisor

There will be another meeting soon to look at the next things that need to be done.


Now, for those who need their daily "fix" of Georgioupolis…
Flowers have been planted in the square





Work goes on at the sea front - still a long way to go



Tourists were walking out to St Nicholas church








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  1. AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 4:48 AM

    thanks for sharing!

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    1. UnknownApril 9, 2014 at 5:02 AM

      Might be room for Stelios yet. 8-)

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    2. AnonymousApril 9, 2014 at 6:48 AM

      Many thanks for the photos, always enjoy seeing what's going on in Georgioupolis.

      Has the winter's seaweed been cleared from the beach?

      Back there next month, and looking forward to it already!

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