Authors: Panagiota Dionysopoulou, Evangelia Kasimati, Aikaterini Maniati

Title: The phenomenon of climate change and its effects on Greek tourism. The integration of climate change measures based on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"

Abstract

The phenomenon of climate change and its effects on Greek tourism. The integration of climate change measures based on the UN's sustainable development goals (Sustainable Development Goals)The purpose of this study is to investigate the phenomenon of climate change and in particular its effects on Greek tourism. Emphasis is placed on considering the integration of climate change measures based on the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG).This research aims to examine the views of workers in the tourism sector, on the island of Mykonos, regarding the phenomenon of climate change, its effects on Greek tourism and the integration of the UN's 17 measures of sustainable development. The research methodology is quantitative with the use of a standardized questionnaire. 60 valid questionnaires were collected while the statistical tool SPSS 23 was used to analyze the results.The findings reveal that climate change affects many areas of our daily life but especially Greek tourism and the preferences of tourists to choose an accommodation in Greece. Tourist accommodation workers are aware of the large and multifaceted effects of climate change on tourism and consider their environmental certification, the adoption of alternative structures/activities and the implementation of the 17 measures to deal with it very important.In order to prevent and deal with climate change, it is necessary to integrate and adopt the UN's 17 measures of sustainable development by all tourist accommodation and hotels in Greece for the sustainable development and protection of the tourism sector.