Masticulture Ecotourism Activities

Γενικές πληροφορίες

Masticulture is a locally-owned and operated travel bureau in the mastic village of Mesta on Chios island in the Aegean Sea. It works under an official Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) license as a travel agency and is the first and only tourism company specialising in ecotourism on the island. It provides a broad variety of both natural and social environmental activities inspired by the island’s culture. Masticulture puts together ecotourism packages that combine hospitality and outdoor activities related to all the things that compose the culture of Chios: its customs and traditions, popular arts and crafts, agricultural labour and produce, architecture and much more. All this takes place on an island that has remained broadly untouched by the tourism development of the last few decades. Chios has also managed to keep its rural societies present because of its active agricultural sector, which to this day continues to be the chief source of employment for many of the villagers on the island, while also functioning as a prime factor in Chios’ sustainable development.