Omonia Square, Athens The Greek Tourism Ministry is taking initiatives in collaboration with the Citizens Protection Ministry to improve safety in large Greek cities and mainly in Athens as part of its plan to boost city break travel, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said recently. In an interview to SKAI radio, Kikilias welcomed new hotel investments […]
Greece is among European tourism destinations expected to recover losses incurred by the Covid-19 pandemic thanks in large part to its high vaccination rates, found a report released recently by data analysis and tourism intelligence provider Mabrian Technologies. According to the data comparing Omicron, vaccination rates and the outbound air capacity of the UK, Germany,
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
Demand for Greece is gaining momentum based on available data for 2022, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias this week confirming a considerable increase in bookings for the months ahead. In an interview to SKAI radio, Kikilias said prebooking levels for Greece in January were up 30 percent over the same month in pre-pandemic 2019, a […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group under the European Guarantee Fund (EGF), announced that it would join forces with Greek banks to support businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic providing 6.5 billion euros in liquidity. Tourism enterprises, among the hardest hit in Greece, will be able to tap into the funding. A total of 2.7 […]
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras. Photo source: @cstaikouras Greece’s finance minister Christos Staikouras told Reuters on Monday that the country would be proceeding with the early repayment of bailout loans to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) by the end of the month. Repaying IMF loans two years ahead of schedule would bring the country one […]
Public Order and & Civil Protection Minister Takis Theodorikakos and Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. As Greece prepares to open to tourists next month, the ministers of tourism and civil protection met to set out the safety standards to be implemented at entry points. Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias met on Monday with to discuss boosting safety […]
Mykonos island. Greece. Photo Source: Region of South Aegean Greece is working hard to become a frontrunner in travel and tourism while ensuring the benefits are evenly distributed among the people, said Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias in an interview to Eleftheros Typos on Sunday. The main strategy to deal with difficult times and periods […]
Photo source: @PrimeMinisterGR Tourism and the food & drink industry will take the Greek economy to the next level, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the HORECA trade show held at the Metropolitan Expo in Athens over the weekend. “A new, significant development cycle is ahead of us driven by the tourism and F&B sector, […]
Greece is fifth among the Top 10 preferred countries for travel by Europeans, according to the latest survey released this week by the European Travel Commission (ETC). France is in the lead, followed by Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Portugal, Turkey, the UK and Austria. According to the ETC’s “Monitoring Sentiment for Domestic and Intra-European […]


















