Forecasts for another record-breaking season in Greece’s all-important tourism sector in 2023 have expectedly increased demand for employees but also revealed that roughly 80,000 positions – by conservative estimates – remain vacant.

The government is gearing its efforts towards achieving fair economic growth that will create long-lasting and decent jobs, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday evening, as he introduced the government’s plan “Greece 2021: Fair growth, productive reconstruction”, at an event at the Acropolis Museum.

A study for the development of the Hellinikon area has been published by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE) focuses on benefits for the Greek economy and especially on newly created job positions.