2. GEORGE PROBONAS
๏ Deaf person with Usher syndrome
(tunnel vision)
๏ Teacher in Elementary Education
๏ Teacher of Greek Sign Language
๏ Ex-President of Deaf Youth Committee
belonging to Hellenic Federation of the Deaf
๏ Active Member in the Deaf Community
๏ Activist
3. Deaf People & people with
disabilities
The situation in Greece…
Access problems to:
•EDUCATION
•COMMUNICATION
• distribution of INFORMATION
•TRAFFIC EDUCATION
•CIVILISATION
•MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH
CENTER for the DEAF (children
and senior citizens)
4. PROJECT GOAL
IDEA of life
“GREEK ANCIENT
ISLAND”
Equality in Access
Tourism attraction-promotion
Finance development
Society sensibilization
5. Getting familiar with the
Greek Civilization
๏ Rich Nature of Greek Islands
๏ Demonstration of “forgotten”
Islands
๏ New posts for working population-
professional employment
6. Circumstance:
๏ An island already developed in
infrastructure and tourism (suggested
place, Naxos Island)
๏ Efflorescent tourism
many hotel, medical
centers, hospital, municipality police
department
๏ Necessity to create an International
Airport, in order to have direct flights from
the all over the world without intermediary
stops
7. The Trip of Life begins…
๏ Tourists with interest will arrive in this
Island from all over the world
๏ They will come in contact with tourist
agents and they will book our “Trip
package” or from live booking in
Internet
8. Leaving the Present going
back to the Past
๏ Tourists call to leave all their belongings
(clothes, cell phones, photo cameras, etc)
in an certain area specifically formed
storage facilities)
9. ๏ Receipt types of survival (ancient clothes,
lights, swords, sandals, helmets,
exchange money to dinars etc)
๏ specially designed ancient boat with
trained canoeists which receives the
tourists and transports them to the island
10. “Ancient Island” -
Circumstance
๏ One rocky island in medium
size, decorated with effigies of ancients
monuments
๏ The island’s size wants to offer a port, a
city, 6 villages, and great beaches
11. In this way,
๏ Getting close the Island, the ancient boat
pass between the legs of Colossus of
Rhodes
๏ Tourists have the change to see one of the
seven marvels of the world
12. ๏ Tourists are welcomed with hoops of olivw
trees and they lead them to the Acropolis,
which is the same with the famous
Acropolis of Athens. This monument exists
in the highest hill of Island.
13. ๏ Full of statues along the soil streets
๏ Driving ancient chariots, you can visit
totally same cities as:
Ancient Sparta,
Delphi,
Mycenae,
Olympia,
Knossos and
Macedonia.
14. ๏ Staying in Acropolis is a facility only for
special quests, which include
wines, ventilation with leaves, servants
etc, the same facilities of Rich Ancient
Greek people
15. ๏ Rooms are decorated with Greek Ancient
Style, in order to save energy and protect
the environment
๏ There is technological support
(a/c, heating, etc), but always keep live the
Ancient style
16. ๏ All the rooms (Acropolis and the others)
observe the rules of hygiene (wc, bathtub)
17. ๏ Special designed area – Hippocrates’s
Area (first aid clinic, pharmacy)
18. Civilization Areas
๏ Ancient Theatre – the same as Greek
Herodion theater
๏ Library – the same as Ephesus library in
Greece
19. ๏ Every day events in order tourists get
familiar with the Ancient life style of
Greece
20. Goal:
๏ Attracting tourists because of this this
innovation
An experiential trip through the history of
Ancient Greece
A source of money and a kind to promote
Greece in abroad