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Post by Ol'Salty on Feb 21, 2012 18:21:48 GMT 2
I'll be very surprised indeed, if this post doesn't receive one helluva lot of viewings Rgds, Chris Corfu 2012 Is It Safe For Holidays?:
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Post by vodkalil on Feb 21, 2012 18:37:05 GMT 2
Love this one Chris
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Post by artisans on Feb 21, 2012 20:13:41 GMT 2
Support from an unexpected source, Chris. I will congratulate Vassilis tomorrow on becoming a film star.
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Post by pete sant on Feb 21, 2012 20:38:47 GMT 2
Nice one Chris. pete.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 22, 2012 11:17:01 GMT 2
Nice one Chris, truth from true people. Certainly opposite to what our Foreign Secretary was saying in the Daily Mail, regarding evacuation procedures for Brits and Tourists.
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Post by holidayman on Feb 22, 2012 11:30:31 GMT 2
Excellent Chris - a really good watch. Thank you. Regards David
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Post by lisydaly on Feb 22, 2012 11:57:21 GMT 2
Good video but to anyone who knows one of the presenters as we do, it would make me run a mile. Nuff said.
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Post by kaz on Feb 22, 2012 12:11:50 GMT 2
Thanks Chris, very interesting.....thought I was sunny myself a minute there on the beach...Heaven
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Post by artisans on Feb 22, 2012 15:29:21 GMT 2
Quotes like "mass protests in another tourists hotspot, Greece, will not have helped matters" do not assist anyone only those with a vested interest in tourists NOT coming to Greece. The whole of Europe is suffering, not least the UK, and it is certainly in the interests of politicians there to discourage tourism to any destination other than the UK.
Greece is a tourist hotspot, but what proportion of summer visitors spend their vacations in Athens? I suspect the motives of the men in the YouTube video, but their message is clear - the problems are in Athens not Corfu. If the disenfranchised are going to make a difference, that is where they will be effective - certainly not in Roda.
Talking to Eftichia yesterday, her daughter in Athens is still working - good news, you might think, until she tells you she has not received wages since last year. This cannot continue and one of the main lifelines is tourism. The casual and irresponsible use of the word 'widespread', when referring to unrest is intended to create panic. The Foreign Secretary would like the travelling public to believe that the protests are indeed 'distributed over a large area,' but it simply is not true. One wonders about the integrity of the media when they report unrest in Athens, but the deaths in cold weather, of over 600 people across Europe, go largely unreported. There is no money to made for 'UK Ltd' out of that information - yet!
I guess the key question is - has William Hague's statement been made for his purposes or for ours? There is no indication in this sleepy little backwater, that any resident has remotely considered leaving the island and the weather is still the main topic of conversation. The words 'kicking' & 'screaming' spring to mind ....
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Post by Ol'Salty on Feb 22, 2012 15:41:23 GMT 2
Good video but to anyone who knows one of the presenters as we do, it would make me run a mile. Nuff said. Yes 'lisydaly', since starting this thread and posting the link to the video, I have received a few 'PMs' expressing similar comments to yours. However, without any previous knowledge of either of the presenters, I took the core content of the video at face-value and knowing it to be fundamentaly true, thought others may take it as such also, thereby hopefully allaying the possible fears or worries of potential visitors/tourists to Corfu (Roda, Acharavi etc.) - to the benefit of the resorts themselves and the Corifot communities. Here is an extract from my reply to one of the 'PMs' "..... Nevertheless, I still think that the concept of trying to alleviate any misplaced ideas, which some potential tourists to Corfu may have from the media cover of the violence and demonstrations in mainland Greece, is good ....." Hopefully, you will be able to agree with my viewpoint! Kind Rgds, Chris
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Post by artisans on Feb 22, 2012 15:47:02 GMT 2
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, lisydaly - but I agree with you. Let's just accept the truth of what is being said ... Steve
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Post by lisydaly on Feb 22, 2012 18:12:00 GMT 2
lotta knowledge - not a little! However, my opinion doesn't really count as I've known and loved Corfu for 40 years,apart from one or two species of the local wildlife, but if it helps persuade others to holiday in Corfu, or anywhere in Greece - more power to it. There was a headline in the Irish Mail last week asking what to do if Greece defaults - and under the banner headline the answer - book a holiday there asap and they gave good reasons why, saying what a beautiful country Greece was. I'm sure if travel from here was cheaper (and travel to Corfu available - which it isn't unless you want split journeys and another mortgage) more Irish would go to Greece, regardless of the situation there. Might be nice to compare our opinions, seeing as both countrys are in the bucket brigade!
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Post by artisans on Feb 22, 2012 23:50:54 GMT 2
William Hague seems to have overstepped the mark again -
'British tour operators have reacted to a recent government recommendation that visitors to Greece register with the Foreign Office so they can be contacted in case of social turmoil in the country.
“To say... that Britons may be put at risk if the civil unrest in the country worsens is alarmist to say the least and very far from reality,” the UK Association of Independent Tour Operators said in a statement on Tuesday.'
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Post by artisans on Feb 23, 2012 0:53:53 GMT 2
Most of us realise that UK tour operators decide where people go on holiday. By fair means or foul, their customers are steered in the direction that makes the most profit, regardless of where the people really want to go. In a somewhat hypocritical statement, ABTA, whose board is made up of tour company executives, has now leveled the same criticism at the UK government. They are correct in what they say of course, but they seem to be oblivious to the blatant double standards of their statement.
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Post by uptonogood on Feb 23, 2012 1:15:11 GMT 2
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