Filenews 10 April 2025 - by Dora Christodoulou
The special plan for the interconnection of all development and landscaping projects carried out in the villages of Akamas, in order to facilitate unified traffic in the area, is estimated to bring record visitors to the communities of the peninsula this summer.
The plan announced by President Christodoulides at the beginning of 2024 has been implemented since last summer and the first samples are encouraging, with organized groups of tourists visiting the area, however, it is estimated that the full picture of the benefits for local communities will become apparent in the summer of 2025.
For the first time in the history of the peninsula, local actors point out, it is expected that this summer we will see en masse and not in isolation, tourists coming within the communities instead of crossing them simply to go to the beaches and natural monuments of Akamas.
Speaking to "F", the Deputy Mayor of Akamas of the district of Ineia, Yiangos Tsivikos, noted that President Christodoulides' commitment to develop and implement this plan in a beneficial way for the communities is being implemented, since the first organized visits are already a fact. The incentive plan was announced by the President of the Republic, at the inauguration of three new projects in the community of Ineia, the Aphrodite thematic route, the Turtle Museum and the regeneration of the community's core, he said. Nikos Christodoulides stressed that this plan will provide incentives so that all these projects that have been carried out in the communities of Akamas in recent months attract visitors, Mr. Tsivikos pointed out.
As the President of the Republic stressed when announcing the implementation of this plan, this does not constitute preferential treatment of the communities of the peninsula, since everyone recognizes that all these years the residents of the villages of Akamas cannot utilize their properties, as the people of all other regions of Cyprus can do. The importance of Akamas goes beyond the narrow boundaries of the region and gives our efforts a national reach, Nikos Christodoulides had said.
Regarding the projects inaugurated by President Christodoulides, Deputy Mayor Akamas stressed that these are projects that create significant development opportunities for the people of the region. Everyone should understand, he said, that the inhabitants of the villages are the ones who are most interested in Akamas and the environment, because it is this environment that proves the uniqueness of their area and the advantages it gives them.
