PRESS RELEASE
PANHELLENIC TOURIST GUIDE FEDERATION APPEALS TO EU
COMMISION ON VIOLATION OF EUROPEAN LEGISLATION BY
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Guides for tourists with special needs
Greek Prime Minister Mr. Samaras : Save tourist guide training in Greece -
SAVE TOURIST GUIDE TRAINING IN GREECE 
Why this is important
Greek Prime Minister Mr. Samaras and Greek Minister of Tourism Mrs. Olga Kefalogianni have long ago started a devaluation war against the professional qualified tourist guides by continuously revising the tourist guide legislation in Greece.
They obviously don't care whether their country's tourist guides are properly trained and inspired to be able to offer the high quality guiding services they have been offering to the visitors of Greece for many decades.
The doors of the tourist guide schools in Greece have been kept closed by the Ministry of Tourism since 2010, while the candidates who took the necessary exams to enter are still held hostages, long waiting to study what they have chosen, in order to become professional tourist guides
PRESS RELEASE TOURIST GUIDES’ SCHOOLS:
A STANDARD FOR ABROAD – AN UNBEARABLE BURDEN FOR THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM