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  • Vikings cruise land extension announced six new European destinations

    Viking Ships today the addition of six more New 2014 Extension guest Vikings enable them to enhance , extend the stay abroad ™ announced the availability of land . The new extension of the Vikings before or after their cruise guests to explore some of Europe’s finest cities , and the Vikings keep the site services allow you to customize a personal journey to step through their interests .

     

    ” Viking is designed to show world travelers a unique and profound way to travel , and to personalize the experience and make the most of this new land extensions to provide additional way ,” Torstein Hagen , Chairman of Viking ships . ” Who ‘s backing , the same warm , personal friendship with local experts to ensure that the Vikings looking for interesting new ways to experience the inner city where they land , our guests , please keep us . ”

     

    Viking ship travel and carefully crafted , this new land options offered by the Vikings guests to customize their experience to suit their interests and add-ons . Pick up a walking tour of the area known as the guests of the extension , which adds high-quality property houses started . Off -site reception and the hotel offers a Viking , to help travelers make the most of their trip to a local host . 2014 new adds :
    In Bruges ( available on the Rhine Getaway 3 nights ) – Conde Nast Traveler recently named one of the most popular cities in Europe , Bruges is the best food in Europe is set in beautiful scenic squares , medieval houses , beautiful bridges and canals , some of the offers .
    * Athens ( 3 nights , elegant LP provided ) – Long Auschwitz , near the city ‘s oldest and largest one to explore the Polish steel screen to hide behind , or the fascinating Viking ‘s Concierge guests salts ground me on a journey to help plan .
    * Nuremberg ( 2 nights , Romantic Danube provided ) – Guests will enjoy a guided tour of historic Nuremberg Castle , and National Museum Germanische Viking ‘s Concierge experience , or to schedule a visit to the nearby Brauhaus most of their time to help guests an authentic German beer away .
    * ( France, Southern France’s most outstanding feature 3 nights ) French Riviera – you glitz and glamor can take a guided tour with a nice beach resort town guests , the beach and relax , or their Viking ‘s Concierge nearby Catholic site of St. Paris , Cannes or Monaco customized by arrangement .
    * Hack ( 2 nights ; Sangma & Windmill shipped ) – Local visits Monet’s great art collections , mondrian and Picasso in The Hague , left to right , then welcome guests for their Viking Vermeer and 17th century Dutch master Rembrandt latter can work organized in length .
    * Lake Geneva ( 3 nights , Rhine Getaway provided ) – Lake Geneva, the guest Montreux approach retirement is one , and the Vikings Swiss Riviera welcome wine tour or a car to enjoy the beautiful scenery of a customized program can provide the Golden Pass panoramic Alpine scenery by train .

  • Greece is in its sixth year of recession

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    Greece is in its sixth year of recession

     

    Greece GDP UnemplotmentWhen the euro was first introduced in 1999, Greece was left out because of its high budget deficit and inflation. Embarrassed by the isolation, Greece appeared to clean up its act and fix its finances and macroeconomic fundamentals. By January 2001, it was able to adopt the euro as its official currency.In November 2004, however, Greece admitted that it had fudged the figures to gain entry to the eurozone. Since 1999 its budget deficit had never been below the EU limit of 3% of GDP. It was also revealed in early 2010 that Greece had paid Goldman Sachs and other banks to hide the true amount of its debt and borrowing.

    Euro adoption led to a cycle of debt-financed growth and deficit spending. Greek sovereign debt spreads fell, allowing it to borrow cheaply. Access to cheap funds allowed it to continually pump-prime the economy, leading to higher growth.

    The Greek economy expanded by an annual average of 4% from 2000 to 2007, one of the highest rates in the eurozone. With higher growth, government officials rewarded themselves with higher incomes and pensions and generous leave credits and bonuses. The bureaucracy is also bloated and overstaffed.

    In October 2009 Prime Minister George Papandreou took office and revealed that the deficit was much higher than the previous government had claimed. His response? Austerity measures, including slashing salaries and pensions, and increasing taxes, given that around 5 million Greeks (6 out of 10) pay no income tax. These moves were not accepted by the public, but were necessary to obtain the European and International Monetary Fund (IMF) rescue loan packages (worth €110 billion and €130 billion).

    Greece is already on its sixth year of recession. In the first quarter of 2013, the Greek economy contracted by 5.3% from a year earlier, the largest decline in the EU. In Q1 2013, tourism receipts dropped by 3.7% from the previous year. Exports of non-oil goods fell by 6.5% y-o-y in Q1 2013, according to the Bank of Greece.

    The economy is expected to shrink by another 4.2% in 2013.

    In 2012, the country’s budget deficit stood at 6% of GDP, down from a staggering 9.5% of GDP in 2011, 10.5% of GDP in 2010 and 15.8% of GDP in 2009. Greece expects to cut its budget deficit to 4.3% of GDP this year, following debt relief measures imposed by the government.

    Greece’s national debt is projected to reach 175.2% of GDP in 2013, up from about 156.9% of GDP in 2012 and 165.3% of GDP in 2011.

    In 2012 the country’s current account deficit was about 5.3% of GDP, which is expected to improve to 2.8% of GDP in 2013, and 1.7% of GDP in 2014.

    Consumer prices rose by about 1% in 2012 from a year earlier. Greece is expected to experience negative inflation in both 2013 and 2014, of -0.8% and -0.4%, respectively, according to the European Commission.

    Unemployment rose to 26.9% in April 2013, the highest rate since ELSTAT started publishing jobless data in 2006. In 2013, the country’s overall unemployment rate is expected to increase to 27%, from 24.3% in 2012.

  • Income tax is moderate to high in Greece

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    Rental Income: Rental income is taxed at progressive rates, from 12% to 33%.

    Capital Gains: Capital gains realized from the sale of property held for less than 5 years are taxed at progressive rates, from 12% to 33%.

    Inheritance: Inheritance tax is levied at different rates depending on the relationship between the deceased and the beneficiaries.

    Residents: Residents pay taxes on their worldwide income at progressive rates, from 25% to 42%.

  • Poor rental returns in Athens

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    Average prices per square metre (sq.m.) of apartments in the centre of Athens have dropped by around 11% during the year to July 2013. This is roughly in line with Bank of Greece’s house price index, wherein apartment prices in Athens dropped by roughly 13% during the year to end Q2 2013.

    In our survey last year, apartments in the centre of Athens cost on average, EUR 3,800 per sq. m. But in our latest survey, the average price per sq. m. is now around EUR 3,300.

    In the suburbs of Athens, i.e., Ekali, Kifisia, Psychiko, Glyfada, the average price per sq. m. of apartments is around EUR 2,600, while houses cost around EUR 3,100 per sq. m.

    Apartments in Crete cost around EUR 1,800 per sq. m. while villas cost around EUR 2,400 per sq. m.

    Monthly rents per sq. m. all throughout Athens range from around EUR 7 to EUR 9 per sq. m.

    In Crete, monthly rents per sq. m. of apartments range from around EUR 4 to EUR 7.

    Gross rental yields from properties in Greece, i.e. the gross return on investment in a property if fully rented out, are very poor, ranging from 2.57% to 4.12%.

  • Greek house price falls continue

    Greece continues to endure double-digit year-on-year house price falls, with the Greek economy facing its sixth year of recession. It is expected to contract by another 4.2% during 2013.

    In Athens, the capital and the country’s largest city, the average price of apartments plunged by 12.6% (-12.6% inflation-adjusted) during the year to end-Q1 2013, according to the Bank of Greece. During the latest quarter, i.e., quarter-on-quarter during Q1 2013, house prices in Athens fell by 2.6% (-0.6% inflation-adjusted).
    Almost all cities experienced house price falls:

    • In Thessaloniki, the second largest city, house prices dropped 8.3% (-8.2% inflation-adjusted) y-o-y in Q1 2013. House prices fell 1.2% during the latest quarter (which means that they rose by 0.9% in inflation-adjusted terms).
    • In “all other cities”, residential property prices plunged 11% (-11% inflation-adjusted) during the year to Q1 2013. Quarter-on-quarter, house prices dropped 2.9% (-0.9% inflation-adjusted).
    • In “all other areas”, house prices fell by 10.9% (-10.9% inflation-adjusted) y-o-y in Q1 2013. In a quarterly basis, house prices dropped 0.7% (+1.4% inflation-adjusted) in Q1 2013.

    Residential property prices in Athens have been falling since 2008, mainly due to the adverse effects of the global economic and financial meltdown.

    • In 2008, residential property prices fell by 0.77% (-3.57% inflation-adjusted)
    • In 2009, house prices fell by 4.21% (-6.04% inflation-adjusted)
    • In 2010, house prices dropped 5.83% (-10.4% inflation-adjusted)
    • In 2011, residential property prices plunged 8% (-10.49% inflation-adjusted)
    • In 2012, house prices plummeted by 13.1% (-14.08% inflation-adjusted)

    Property demand remains depressed. Residential real estate transactions in Greece fell in number, volume, and value.  In the first quarter of 2013, the total number of residential real estate transactions plummeted by 24.5% to 4,976 from the same period last year.

    In May 2013, the total amount of outstanding housing loans in Greece dropped 4.9% to €72.56 billion from the same period last year, according to the Bank of Greece.

    To revive the ailing housing market, the Greek government has recently offered residence to non-EU investors purchasing or renting property worth over €250,000.  The residence plan, which is similar to measures adopted by Hungary, Spain and Portugal, is valid for five years and open to renewal.

    Greece has been granted two successive rescue loan packages since May 2010 by European leaders and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth €110 billion and €130 billion, tied to a stiff austerity package. The austerity measures imposed by the government include:

    • Tax increases
    • Spending cuts
    • Privatization of government-controlled corporations
    • Slashing salaries
    • Slashing pensions, especially for high-income retirees
    • Taxing low-income earners. The taxable income threshold would be reduced to EUR5,000 from EUR8,000
    • Placing about 30,000 public workers in labor reserve

    Greece house pricesOther reforms include strengthening laws against rampant tax evasion, liberalizing the labour market and selling state assets.

    Some of the moves were not accepted by the public, and violent protests, rallies, strikeouts took place in key areas.

    In the first quarter of 2013, the Greek economy contracted by 5.3% from a year earlier. The economy is expected to shrink by another 4.2% in 2013. GDP fell by 6.4% in 2012, 7.1% in 2011, 4.9% in 2010, 3.1% in 2009 and 0.2% in 2008.

    source: Analysis of Greece Residential Property Market

  • Real Estate

    According to Reuters, now that Dubai has won the bid to host the 2020 World Expo, the result will be billions of dollars of investment in the emirate, although there is a risk of a repeat of the boom-and-bust cycle which nearly caused financial collapse just a few years ago.The emirate nearly defaulted on its debt four years ago after the burst of the real estate bubble which causes property prices to crash over 50 percent between 2008 and 2010.

  • Οι όροι λειτουργίας τουριστικών επαύλεων και κατοικιών

    Υπεγράφη από την υπουργό Τουρισμού κα Όλγα Κεφαλογιάννη η Υπουργική Απόφαση αναφορικά με τους όρους και τις προϋποθέσεις λειτουργίας των τουριστικών επαύλεων (βιλών) και κατοικιών. Η απόφαση αναμένεται να δημοσιευτεί στο ΦΕΚ τις επόμενες ημέρες.

    Στην απόφαση περιγράφονται τα δικαιολογητικά για την απλοποιημένη διαδικασία έκδοσης σήματος λειτουργίας, το οποίο όπως ορίζεται από τον Ν. 4179/2013 γίνεται αυτόματα εντός 10ημέρου με υπεύθυνη δήλωση του ιδιοκτήτη και μηχανικού, χωρίς να απαιτείται αυτοψία.

    Σύμφωνα με την απόφαση τα δικαιολογητικά που απαιτούνται για τη λειτουργία των τουριστικών επαύλεων είναι:

    Αίτηση-υπεύθυνη δήλωση

    Τοπογραφικό διάγραμμα οικοπέδου / γηπέδου συντεταγμένο από μηχανικό.

    Αντίγραφο οικοδομικής άδειας ή δόμησης

    Βεβαίωση καλής λειτουργίας του αποχετευτικού συστήματος

    Υπεύθυνη δήλωση του αιτούντος ή εντεταλμένου μηχανικού ότι το κατάλυμα έχει ανεγερθεί και πληροί όλες τις τεχνικές και λειτουργικές προδιαγραφές

    Υπεύθυνη δήλωση του αιτούντος ότι είναι ιδιοκτήτης του οικοπέδου / γηπέδου που ορίζεται στο τοπογραφικό διάγραμμα

    Απόδειξη κατάθεσης παραβόλου.
    Όσον αφορά στις τουριστικές επιπλωμένες κατοικίες τα δικαιολογητικά που απαιτούνται για την έκδοση Ειδικού Σήματος Λειτουργίας, είναι:

    Αίτηση-υπεύθυνη δήλωση

    Αντίγραφο οικοδομικής άδειας ή άδειας δόμησης

    Βεβαίωση καλής λειτουργίας του αποχετευτικού συστήματος

    Τοπογραφικό διάγραμμα του οικοπέδου / γηπέδου

     

    Τεχνική έκθεση μηχανικού στην οποία βεβαιώνονται οι υπάρχουσες κατοικίες, οι πλήρεις διαστάσεις αυτών, τα εμβαδά των εσωτερικών χώρων και η δυναμικότητά τους (κλίνες, δωμάτια)

    Υπεύθυνες δηλώσεις του αιτούντος ή εντεταλμένου μηχανικού ότι το κατάλυμα έχει ανεγερθεί και πληροί όλες τις τεχνικές και λειτουργικές προδιαγραφές που περιγράφονται στην παρούσα υπουργική απόφαση

    Απόφαση Έγκρισης Περιβαλλοντικών όρων (A.E.Π.Ο.) ή ΠρότυπεςΠεριβαλλοντικές Δεσμεύσεις (Π.Π.Δ.), εφόσον απαιτείται απόδειξη κατάθεσης παραβόλου.

    Όσον αφορά στις προδιαγραφές αυτοεξυπηρετούμενων καταλυμάτων, μεταξύ άλλων απαιτείται:

    Οι τουριστικές επιπλωμένες επαύλεις (βίλες) να έχουν ελάχιστη επιφάνεια 100,00 τ.μ.

    Οι τουριστικές επιπλωμένες κατοικίες να έχουν συνολική ελάχιστη επιφάνεια 40,00 τ.μ. (Μονόχωρες) και 60 τ.μ. (δύο κυρίων χώρων και άνω)

    Το οικόπεδο/γήπεδο να είναι προσπελάσιμο και να απέχει συγκεκριμένη απόσταση από χώρους Υγειονομικής Ταφής Υπολειμμάτων και λατομεία

    Η προσπέλαση στα τουριστικά αυτοεξυπηρετούμενα καταλύματα να γίνεται από δρόμο ή δια δουλείας διόδου.

    Τα όποια έργα διαμόρφωσης του περιβάλλοντος χώρου να είναι ολοκληρωμένα.

    Ο χώροι των αυτοεξυπηρετούμενων καταλυμάτων να διαθέτουν τον απαραίτητο εξοπλισμό σε έπιπλα και ιματισμό, συμπεριλαμβανομένου του εξοπλισμού κουζίνας και λουτρού.

    Στόχος της συγκεκριμένης Υπουργικής Απόφασης είναι να γίνει σαφής, φιλική και απλοποιημένη η διαδικασία έκδοσης σήματος λειτουργίας για τους ιδιοκτήτες και τους επιχειρηματίες αυτοεξυπηρετούμενων καταλυμάτων.

    RE+D Magazine
    02-12-2013, 14:10

  • Πέντε νέες πτήσεις προς Ελλάδα από την easyjet

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    29-11-2013, 11:35

     

    «Η Ελλάδα αποτελεί έναν από τους πιο ελκυστικούς θερινούς προορισμούς και είναι χαρά μας που συμβάλλουμε στην προώθησή της, μεταφέροντας νέους επιβάτες, από όλο το δίκτυο μας- το μεγαλύτερο δίκτυο αερομεταφορών στην Ευρώπη», δήλωσε σήμερα ο διευθυντής της easyjet για την Ευρώπη Mike Campbell, ανακοινώνοντας την έναρξη πέντε νέων προορισμών στην χώρα μας από την άνοιξη του 2014.

    Συγκεκριμένα, πρόκειται για τους προορισμούς Αθήνας-Αμβούργου, Ηρακλείου-Εδιμβούργου, Kω-Γλασκόβης, Μυκόνου-Νάπολης, και Κέρκυρας-Νάπολης,.

    Όλες οι πτήσεις θα πραγματοποιούνται 2 φορές την εβδομάδα και θα ξεκινήσουν, οι τρεις πρώτοι προορισμοί στις αρχές Απριλίου, ενώ τα δρομολόγια από Νάπολη προς Μύκονο και Κέρκυρα τον Ιούλιο. Με τις προσθήκες αυτές η χωρητικότητα των πτήσεων της εταιρείας θα αυξηθεί κατά 7% σε σχέση με φέτος ενώ αναμένει, ότι ο αριθμός των επιβατών της από και προς την Ελλάδα θα ξεπεράσει τα 2 εκατομμύρια.

    «Η εταιρία έχει μεταφέρει 1,7 εκ. επιβάτες τον τελευταίο χρόνο, σε 55 δρομολόγια από/προς την Ελλάδα, συμβάλλοντας στην προώθηση του ελληνικού τουρισμού. Σήμερα, προσφέρει ένα δίκτυο 60 συναρπαστικών προορισμών από/προς την Ελλάδα και αναμένει να μεταφέρει περίπου 2 εκ. επιβάτες, συνεισφέροντας 2,000 θέσεις εργασίας στην τοπική τουριστική βιομηχανία» σημείωσε ο κ. Campbell.

    Σε ερώτηση αναφορικά με το πώς θα διαμορφωθεί η ελληνική αεροπορική αγορά μετά την συμφωνία εξαγοράς της Olympic από την Aegean τα στελέχη της easyJet σημείωσαν, ότι πρόκειται σαφώς για μια εξέλιξη η οποία θα βελτιώσει τα πράγματα και ίσως οδηγήσει σε μικρή μείωση τιμών στις πτήσεις εσωτερικού. «Η προηγούμενη κατάσταση ήταν αυτή που δημιουργούσε προβλήματα» προσθέτοντας πως η easyJet στηρίζει τον ανταγωνισμό. Tέλος, σημείωσαν, ότι η δραστηριότητα της easyJet δεν θα επηρεαστεί ή η επίδραση θα είναι πολύ μικρή, δεδομένου, ότι η εταιρεία επικεντρώνεται κυρίως στον εισερχόμενο τουρισμό.

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  • Russian tourists: Solution to the major market

    As determined for Phu Yen province’s tourism sector, Russian tourists is the strategic market; the demands and tastes of these tourists are comparatively easy-going, compatible with the conditions of infrastructure and current tourism products. However, to turn this tourists’ market into the main-force source, the province’s tourism sector and enterprises have loads of things to do.

     

    As generally assessed by the domestic and international tourists, also by those doing the tourism business, Phu Yen possesses the intact beauty, so pure with the sea, the islands and the deep value in culture. Nevertheless, it requires a considerable investment in human resource, intellectuals, a practically long process to turn the potentials and resources into tourism products. Phu Yen tourism is in desperate need of concrete products, among which are particularly unique products to meet the demands towards attracting Russian tourists. The Russian journalist and Vietnam-scholar Daria Mishukova assessed, “Your province is possessing the abundant and featured tourism resources. To exploit, develop tourism your province needs to invest with depth, creating unique tourism products, it’s not advisable to invest immensely”.

     

    Russian tourists are easy-going, and their accommodating duration is normally long, from 10 to 15 days, it’s necessary to invest in the destinations with swimming, sea food dining, shopping and entertaining, and with this, we can “gain hearts” from these tourists. As for this, Phu Yen has only met the first criteria of sea swimming and sea food dining. One of the solutions being implemented by Phu Yen tourism sector is linking with other provinces and enterprises to create striking featured tourism products to meet the demands of Russian tourists’. From the beginning of this year, the provincial leaders, the department of culture-sports-tourism, Phu Yen tourism association have worked with the department of culture-sports-tourism, Khanh Hoa tourism association and Anh Duong tourism company Ltd. twice to work out the solutions of coordinating and constructing tourism products.

     

    Parallel with coordination, Phu Yen tourism sector also determines the requirements of traditional promotion, making full uses of the internet, advertise on websites in Russian…The staff of tourist guides, tour operators…must understand and use Russian to ensure the efficiency of transactions.

     

    One current large gap in Phu Yen tourism sector is the serious deficiency, even at level-zero, of the human resources understanding the Russian language. Therefore, recently, Tuy Hoa Industrial College organized speedy classes for Russian for tourism; however, not many learners have registered. Exchanging as related to this issue, Mr. Pham Van Bay, vice director of Phu Yen department of culture-sports-tourism, let known that the department is considering the proposal to the Provincial People’s Committee to support 50% of the tuition for those learners of Russian language, the support is extracted from the expenditure on supporting the human resources. With the approval from the PPC, hopefully, we’re going to implement at once right from the end of this year to the first phase of 2014.