Greece may be one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, but local entrepreneurs are worried about the shortage of employees just a few weeks before the arrival of tourists. As “The Guardian” informs, Estimates specify that about 80 thousand jobs have not yet been filled in the gastronomy and hotel sectorwhich is the driving force of the Greek economy.
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Throughout the country, hoteliers compete in search of reception managers, cleaners, rescuers, door service employees, waiters and chefs. On the islands of high popularity, such as Crete and Rhodes, The number of reports about hotels is growing who pick up competition employeespromising them better salary and conditions.
“We observe an unprecedented lack of qualified and experienced employees, especially in the hotel and catering industriesas a consequence of employees' exodus during lockdown. Many of them never came back. As a result, it is estimated that 80,000 are needed now. jobs ” – said Giorgos Hotzoglou, president of the Panhellenic Federation of Employees of the Gastronomy and Tourist Industry (Poeet), whose words are cited by” The Guardian “.
The tourism industry in Greece breaks its hands. The reason for a huge deficiency of employees
A country that records another increase in popularity among tourists, It is also one of the fastest growing in Europe. As “The Guardian” points out, in the last six years the unemployment rate has fallen by half: from 18 percent. up to 9 percent
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Even worse, Greece is still struggling with both a dramatic demographic decline as well as over 500,000 exodus. citizens – mainly highly qualified students and employees at the peak of the economic crisis lasting almost a decade.
In order to solve this problem, partly due to pressure from local parliamentarians, The center -right government tried to legalize the status of about 30 thousand. unregistered migrants. He also signed a number of bilateral agreements “regarding the mobility of the labor force” with third countries, including Egypt, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Georgia, India and Moldova.
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Until 2028, the Ministry of Tourism in Athens forecasts 40 million visitors. This is almost four times of the country's population, and this result is largely responsible for the increase in the number of arrivals, mainly from the emerging markets of India and China.
Greece has started active recruitment abroad by organizing a work fair in Germany, the Netherlands and Great Britain.
