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Seaside tourism

Greece is a country with much deficit, It is indebted But it still is the 18^th most visited country in the world with more than 14,4 millions tourists every year

Greece develops two aspects of tourism, seaside tourism and cultural tourism.

1- Ionian islands.

http://www.grecevacances.com/medias/images/grece-cyclades-carte.jpg

Those are mountainous islands in the east side of Greece. The climate is rainy, which allows them to get loads of vegetation. This is why they are unique in Greece.

There are 7 of them from North to South : Corfou, Leucade, Céphalonie and Ithaque, Zante and Cythère farther from the others , on both sides of the last but not least Péloponnèse.

2- The Cyclade Archipelago

http://www.grecevacances.com/medias/images/grece-cyclades-carte.jpg

This archipelago is composed of 39 islands but only 15 of them are inhabited, the tourism activity is high in

there.This is the origin of the photos we often see, well-known for its white houses on the top of a small hill. Those 15

islands offer huge beaches,small villages, castles, churches , antique ruins but also bars and clubs.

Mains islands : Amorgos, Anafi, Andros, Antiparos, Delos, Ios, Kea, Kimolos, Folegandros, Milos,

Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Santorin, Serifos, Sikinos, Sifnos, Syros and Tinos.

3- Crete

Crete is the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and undoubtedly one of the finest.

It is mountainous with a chain that extends from West to East.

The distance separating it from the continent explains that Crete has remained independent for centuries,

developing its own culture, language and traditions.

The island has much to offer: beautiful beaches, landscapes, mountains, a forest of palm trees,

traditional villages and towns, churches, castles

4- Dodecanese Islands

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dod%C3%A9can%C3%A8se

This archipelago is located along the Turkish coast, it consists of twelve main islands.

Between the East and the West, the story there was often hectic,as shown by different kinds of architecture

The most famous of these islands is Rhodes, medieval architecture, but the other islands are highly interesting as well, particularly Patmos.

The sights are diverse: ancient and medieval sites, castles, beaches, villages, ...

5- Sporades septentrional

http://greciabella.free.fr/pagesko.htm

With many islets, the archipelago of the Northern Sporades is composed of four main islands: Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos and Skyros.

These islands are wooded, with pleasant landscapes and picturesque villages.

     In Greece, the tourism is the activity wich brings the most money. The government of Greece takes care to supply means to develop the tourism activities.

Olga Kefalogianni, Minister of Tourism of Greece

http://wtflucerne.org/olga-kefalogianni-2013/?SSScrollPosition=368

Greece is in deficit. The tourism covers 1/3 of the deficit. In Greece 1/5 of one person out of five works in the tourism. Greece has a lot of competiers like Spain, Croatia, Turkey and Portugal. Greece holds 17th rank in the world of tourism.

The mediterranean countries which economies depends mostly on tourism

http://lewebpedagogique.com/hgboulle/2011/02/04/la-mediterranee-espace-de-clivages-ou-d%E2%80%99echanges-entre-le-nord-et-le-sud-l%E2%80%99espace-mediterraneen-une-interface-nord-sud/

     In Greece these are 15 000 kms of coast. Greece is known for the sport with the olympics. By going in Greece one can practise many sports as football, athletics...

http://www.marathons.fr/spip.php?article49

Greece has a lot of airports that allow to come and leave without any difficulty.

http://www.expedia.fr/vc/billet-avion-pas-cher/pour-grece/

There is a mild climate, so it attracts a lot of people and in the different islands, as the island of Eubee.

http://lespassionsdebasile.blogspot.fr/2012/11/grece-voyage-lile-deubee-du-04-au-11_17.html

We can also walk in the forest but it's more difficult in summer because there are high risks of forest wild fires, like in the south of France.

http://globometer.com/deforestation-incendies-europe.php

the risks of forest wild fires  in Europe

a) Cultural tourism

     In Greece the religion wich dominates is the christian orthodox religion. There are a lot of monuments of Greek orthodoxy. It's a national inheritance. There are temples, places of pilgrimage.

Mount Athos

http://www.carnets-voyage.com/europe-grece-circuit-12-jours-athenes-thessalonique-montathos.htm

Greece possesses legendary ruins as old stones, a lot of avenues and the alleys of athens. 

http://www.grece-bleue.net/delphes.html
Sanctuary of DELPHES in ancient Greece

There is diversity of the lands capes with the cyclades in the Ionian Islands.

http://www.venere.com/fr/grece/iles-ioniennes/

http://www.linternaute.com/voyage/europe/les-iles-ioniennes-le-paradis-d-ulysse/a-l-extreme-nord-des-iles-ioniennes.shtml

b) The trend of wellness tourism

     Greece has 16 spas where one can enjoy thalassatherapy. There are 100 000 people who go every year to these spas.

http://www.magiclub.com/magiclub/fr/thalassotherapie_grece.htm