Minister Kountoura Applauds Arsakeio Students for Tourism App

Alternate Tourism Minister Elena Kountoura recently praised the students of the Arsakeio lyceum for the design and implementation of a virtual tour application for the archaeological site of Bassae, home to the Temple of Apollo Epicurius.

The B’ class students were awarded honors for their application which offers an audio-visual, multilingual tour of the Temple of Epicurius Apollo, just outside Megalopolis in Messinia.

The mid- to late-5th century BC temple dedicated to Apollo – the god of healing and the sun – is one of the finest fully preserved sites in Greece and the first Greek site to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.

The students presented the project to Minister Kountoura, who praised the initiative and congratulated them on contributing to the development of cultural tourism and the promotion of Greek heritage via digital technology and youth entrepreneurship.

She went on to express her support of future student initiatives and wished the students good luck on their participation in the international innovation competition ahead.