Corfu today

Today Corfu is one of the most fascinating and organized places for holidays of the entire Mediterranean sea.
Fishing and agriculture cover a marginal but important role in the economy of the island that finds in the European tourism its most important economic source.
Its sandy beaches, its colourful bays and its tourist receptivity bewitch every summer thousand of travelers, impressed also by the fascination of the old city and by the old traditions of Corfu that are still alive.
With the modern part of its city, Corfu is today an island full of life also in the winter months, mostly due to the institution of the Greek University of the Ionian Islands.
Together with the tourism there is the production and sale of oil, honey, wine and kumquat that are the most famous local products.
Moreover in the mountain there are still cattle ranches and cheese, milk, yogurt and some cold meat are produced.
Finally there is also the local craft that makes available to the tourists some typical products of the island as objects carved in olive wood, embroidered fabrics, articles in woven straw and wood furniture.