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Greek Daily News 22/11/2023

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ECONOMY

-Greece expects economic output to rise 2.9% next year following a 2.4% expansion this year, the government’s 2024 final budget showed on Tuesday.

-Greek hotels: 70% of businesses are excluded from a series of financing actions, Oikonomikos Taxydromos reported. In a memorandum of Greek Hoteliers Federation-POX to the Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni, it is pointed out that 1, 2 and 3 star hotels were excluded at the last minute from the possibility of joining the “Green Transformation of SMEs” Action.

-The poor cannot meet their health needs at a rate of 17% in Greece according to a study by the Professor of Health Economics and Director of the MBA program at the University of Athens Yannis Yfantopoulos.

TOURISM

-Approximately 27.8 million foreign travelers came to Greece in the first nine months of this year, the Bank of Greece (BoG) reported.

GENERAL

With a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, November 22, taxi drivers respond to the government’s tax bill affecting self-employed and free-lancers, taxing them with a deemed income, claiming tax evasion.