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Kardamyli and Patrick Leigh Fermor: Tourism Industry in the Regional Unit of Messinia

Maria Manola * mmanola@uniwa.gr * ORCID: 0000-0002-7586-6445
University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Aikaterini Mouchimoglou * katerinamouchimoglou@gmail.com * ORCID: 0000-0002-9498-1713
University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE

Open Journal for Research in Economics, 2022, 5(1), 7-16 * https://doi.org/10.32591/coas.ojre.0501.02007m
Received: 24 July 2022 ▪ Revised: 14 September 2022 ▪ Accepted: 15 October 2022

LICENCE: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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ABSTRACT:
This study will examine at the beginning the current situation of the Tourism Industry in the Regional Unit of Messinia, giving an insight in Tourism numbers. Furthermore, it will refer to the emergence of Literary Tourism as part of Cultural Tourism, focusing on the case of Messinia and the potential of further development of Literary Tourism there. Finally, this study will highlight the impact of Patrick Leigh Fermor, who chose Kardamili as his place of inspiration and his contribution by creating there a destination for people of Literature and Fine Arts.

KEY WORDS: tourism, cultural tourism, literature, literary tourism, film tourism, Messinia, Patrick Leigh Fermor.

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Maria Manola, University of West Attica, Department of Tourism, Athens, GREECE. E-mail: mmanola@uniwa.gr.

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