Approximately four thousand places in Greece will be equipped with free Wi-Fi by the end of the year, according to greekreporter.com.
Public buildings, harbours, museums and archaeological sites will all be fitted with the service as part of the new measures, as will the public transport network.
The announcement was made this week by Greece’s infrastructure minister Michalis Chrysochoidis and the general secretary of the telecommunications & post ministry, Menelaos Daskalakis.
Phase one of the project will see 302 Wi-fi hotspots created in over 300 Greek municipalities which applied for the service, as well as in 200 ports and marinas. Around 100 museums and archaeological sites will also benefit from the project.
The service, which can be used for 30 minutes at a time, will have a maximum capacity of 40-50 people using it simultaneously. Users will experience download speeds of up to 1.5MB/sec. There will be restrictions on “inappropriate material” in place.
It is claimed that the measures are being introduced in order to “broaden the country’s appeal to tourists”, according to presstv.ir.
Greece has seen a reduction in the number of overseas visitors since it was hit by the recession. The country has been relying on international loans to keep its economy stable since 2010.
