Municipality of South Kynouria together with the Regional Development Agency of Parnonas and the Association of Hoteliers and Tourist Accommodation of Arcadia organized the informative event for touristic enterprises within the framework of new programming period CLLD/LEADER 2014-2020 on Wednesday 17/02/2016 at 5 PM at Fabbrica of Culture.
The event was entitled “Certification Procedures for Tourist Accommodation in South Kynouria Municipality” according to the Ministerial Decisions and respective Amendments t no. 216 / 01.08.2015 and no. 21185 / 22.10.2014.
A presentation on new legislation took place concerning the following:
- defining technical and functional specifications and the points of criteria for hotels and their classification in categories of stars. (GG: 216 / 01.08.2015)
- keys categorization system and setting of technical operating standards for rented furnished rooms – apartments (EYID). (FEK21185 / 10.22.2014)
- the inspection and classification of hotels and EYID into categories Star and Key, according to the Ministerial Decisions and respective amendments no. 216 / 08.01.2015 and no. 21185 / 22.10.2014
The main speaker was Mr. Nicholas Saroukos, Head of Regional Tourism Agency – in Tripoli with the theme “Strengthening Capabilities and Upgrading Touristic Identity in South Kynouria through new technical specifications and operational requirements of touristic facilities”.
Moreover, the Local CLLD Program / LEADER for Eastern Peloponnese 2014-2020 was presented where stakeholders were informed about the possibilities of improvements and modernizations of tourist accommodation.
The “CLLD” program from its initials «COMMUNITY – LED LOCAL DEVELOPMENT», is a method of designing and implementing development strategies, based on the LEADER approach, which will be implemented for the period 2014 – 2020.