Yachting & Sailing Tourism a Top Priority for Greece

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GNTO President Angela Gerekou. Photo source: 1st Panhellenic Yachting Conference Greece aims to further develop yachting and sailing tourism through a series of actions that include modernizing marinas and upgrading infrastructure, said Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) President Angela Gerekou during the two-day Panhellenic Yachting Conference held in Athens

Greece Invites Travelers to Make their Weekend a ‘Greekend’ in New Campaign

By admin 17 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) on Thursday launched its latest campaign, which is focused on highlighting Greece’s destinations ideal for weekend getaways, in an aim to attract more international visitors to the country’s cities that have suffered tourism losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The new creative, with the message “greekend: End your week […]

Crete: Chania Aiming to Launch Greece’s 1st Citizens Tourism Service Center

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Photo source: Municipality of Chania The municipality of Chania on Crete is hoping to launch Greece’s first Citizens Tourism Service Center (KEP) which would offer visitors and tourists assistance and information as well as documentation on tourism-related issues. The initiative was tabled by Chania Mayor Panagiotis Simantirakis at a meeting on Monday with Greek National

Santorini Island Stars in PUBG Mobile Video Game

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The Cycladic architecture and unique colors of the Greek island of Santorini feature in a new arena map launched on Thursday by the PUBG (Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds) mobile video game. PUBG Mobile is a free-to-play battle royale video game developed by Tencent Games. It provides its players with a number of possible maps to choose […]

Greece to Begin Promoting Military Tourism Sites

By admin 25 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

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The War Museum in Athens The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is taking action to promote military tourism sites in Greece including museums, historic monuments and infrastructure. Following a memorandum of cooperation signed last year between the ministries of culture, tourism and national defense, the GNTO recently announced that it will include 27 military

Rhodes Int’l Marathon 2022 to Take Place in April

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After a year of absence due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Rhodes International Marathon event will return to the island of Rhodes for its eighth edition on April 10. Last year, the event was held in a virtual form with the participation of over 2,000 runners from 44 countries. Registration for the 2022 marathon […]

Visit Greece App Sees 1.7m New Users, ‘Tells’ Over 400,000 ‘Stories’ in 2021

By admin 14 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

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The updated Visit Greece application for mobile devices attracted over 1.7 million new users in 2021, according to an announcement by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO). Launched in 2020, the award-winning app is designed to assist tourists during their trip to Greece by offering personalized tips and all they need to know about Covid-19 […]

Thousands See Athens on New Year’s Eve Through China’s WeChat Channel

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Photo source: Municipality of Athens Social media users in China and all over the world on New Year’s Eve saw a number of Athens’ landmark sites and locations through a live streaming video on China’s WeChat Channel. As the city ushered in 2022, WeChat users had the chance to “travel” to the Acropolis, the Athenian […]

GNTO Sets Goals for Greek Tourism to Emerge More Resilient in 2022

By admin 4 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

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The Covid-19 pandemic is the biggest challenge in the history of Greek tourism and the priority now is to recover lost ground and emerge stronger and more resilient, said Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis in an interview to the Athens News Agency. Aside from adherence to preventative measures and developments on […]

Polish Tourism Professionals Meet Central Macedonia and Heraklion

By admin 27 Δεκεμβρίου 2021 No comment

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The Greek destinations of Central Macedonia and Heraklion, Crete, were presented to Polish tourism professionals through a number of B2B meetings at the Greek Tourism Workshop held this month in Warsaw. The workshop took place on December 9 and was sponsored by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO). Central Macedonia was introduced as the event’s […]