Athens: the tourist capital of post-war Greece
M Nikolakakis - Pharos, 2015 - poj.peeters-leuven.be
Today Greece is considered the archetypical island tourist destination. However, current
notions are challenged by the centrality that Athens had as the main host of tourism activity
in Greece until the middle of the 1970s. In the first post-war decades, Athens was both the
focal point of most state tourism policies as well as the most popular destination in the
country. In the aforementioned period, tourists in the Greek capital were engaged in a variety
of cultural practices that progressively diversified the indigenous tourist product, which had …
notions are challenged by the centrality that Athens had as the main host of tourism activity
in Greece until the middle of the 1970s. In the first post-war decades, Athens was both the
focal point of most state tourism policies as well as the most popular destination in the
country. In the aforementioned period, tourists in the Greek capital were engaged in a variety
of cultural practices that progressively diversified the indigenous tourist product, which had …