Skopelos

Charming and pleasant, exciting and sophisticated, alive and calms here some qualifiers which one can give to this jewel sea Égée. Skopelos is an island for all the tastes. A place splendid to explore. An unforgettable adventure in marvellous sites. It is the second largest island of Sporades of North and. With the statements of the tourists it is most beautiful of the Greek islands. It lengthens over a 13 miles and 5 miles length of longitude, and covers a surface of 96km². Its longitude of 38º, is the same one as Sardinia, of the island of Majorque, Ibiza in Spain, the Sweet flags of Portugal and California in the State Unis. Very mountainous, the island is composed of two solid masses of unequal importance. The coasts of the northern point and the sides north-eastern are very abrupt; cliffs are inserted in deep water. Crumplings of the mountains form many ravines and throats; they are transformed into small torrents during the rainy seasons. Geographically, one can regard it as an extension of the peninsula of Pélion. With opposes islands of Cyclades which one knows the aridity, Skopelos is characterized by its green aspect and the profusion of the forest and arboricole vegetation. According to the last census in 2001 the island of Skopelos has 4.696 inhabitants.The main industries are the tourism as the textile, main source of income and lederwarenindustrie, the high and foundation engineering, banks and insurance, production of food and luxuries as well as the paper and graphic arts industry. Thus nearly 50% of the Greek industrial enterprises are in Athens. Athens has the advantage of the peripheral location of Europe, since the city becomes thereby an important commercial post between Europe and the Orient. Besides Athens could register 2001 by the entry to the monetary union a strong upswing credit system, which is based on more favorable the credits become. Many Greeks built themselves thereby a house, what benefitted again the building industry, anyway already from the preparations on the olympic plays profited. In addition, this apparent upswing was criticized. Thus the durability of the jobs was doubted and stated that the job market had to become more flexible. In addition the control system is to be reformed and the privatisation of state enterprises must faster precede.
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