By Matthias Williams and Michele Kambas PAROS, Greece (Reuters) - Alexis Kalaitzoglou makes a swift gesture to describe what he thinks about Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras: the shopkeeper of this busy tourist island pulls his leg back and swings it forward as if to give Greece's leader a good kicking. Kalaitzoglou is angry because his family's shop of jams, honeys and wooden handicrafts - part of a wider tourism industry that is the only bright spot of Greece's struggling economy - may be in for a rough ride. A rise in consumer taxes on Greek islands' goods and services such as the ones Kalaitzoglou sells is one of the sacrifices creditors are seeking from Athens to unlock bailout funds that will allow Greece to remain in the euro.
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