Europe apos;s South Offers A Warm Welcome To Energy Migrants
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"It is no secret this will be a winter of great economic uncertainty in Europe but in the Canary Islands, we want to turn the situation around," said Yaiza Castilla, the regional tourism chief, VOLOS ACHILLION TAXI describing the islands as an "economic refuge".
MADRID/LISBON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland.
In April, Energean, the country's sole oil producer so far, announced test drilling at the onshore block in the northwestern area of Ioannina in 2023, the first such drilling in the country in 22 years.
The regional government of the Canary Islands, where the average winter temperature is 20 degrees Celsius (68°F), launched a social media campaign in September to attract remote workers, such as Varmalov, and retired people from countries including Britain, Germany and Sweden.
Greece views gas as a transition fuel as it ramps up renewables and says the shift in its strategy, following the war in Ukraine, VOLOS ACHILLION TAXI will not undermine its plan to boost green energy and cut carbon emissions by 55% by 2030 in line with European Union climate change targets.
Among schools enrolling more students from abroad, the German school in Gran Canaria received 40 applications from foreign students this year, which it said was higher than in previous years without giving precise figures.
While environmental campaigners are pushing for a shift to zero-carbon fuel, Greece is among the countries that says the disruption of Russian energy supplies as a result of the Ukraine war is reason to increase hydrocarbons exploration.
But the fossil fuel industry worldwide has been making the case for the continued use of hydrocarbons as a means to address the energy and VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER economic crisis caused by the Ukraine war and to create wealth.
This week Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the initiation of seismic surveys to locate potential natural gas reserves in two offshore blocks southwest of Greece's Peloponnese peninsula and the island of Crete.
Gabriel Escarrer, CEO of Spanish hotel chain Melia, said people are booking apartments and suites for two or three months this winter in the Canary Islands, with a notable presence of Scandinavian visitors.
TUI fly, the leading airline operating between Germany and the Canary Islands, said it would increase flights by around 10%, adding in a statement energy costs were "a psychological element" in pushing more people south.
He is not alone in pursuing a warmer, cheaper way of life as tourist boards across southern Europe have seized on the cost-of-living crisis to advertise the benefits of wintering abroad to those living in more northerly countries.
Before leaving Gdansk, VOLOS NAFPLION TRANSFER where he has lived since 2016, Varmalov calculated he could save 250 euros ($259) on rent each month and pay 140 euros for Pelion taxi all his utilities and internet, instead of the 200 euros he was paying for electricity alone in Poland.
Data collected for Reuters by home rental search engine HomeToGo showed that compared to last year, searches from countries such as Britain, Germany and the Netherlands rose 36%, CRUISESHIP VOLOS TAXI 13% and Pelion taxi 3% for winter accommodation in Spain, Greece and Portugal, things to do in Pelion respectively.
