WTTC Sees Tourism Covering Lost Ground in 2022, Saving Jobs

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Photo source: WTTC The travel and tourism industry appears to be getting closer to recovery this year, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) said this week, adding that based on the findings of a new study, millions of jobs could be recovered. Citing fresh research, the global travel and tourism sector’s contribution to the world […]

WTTC Sees Surge in Easter Bookings for Europe

By admin 28 Ιανουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Photo source: WTTC Travel in Europe is expected to post a strong recovery in the coming months, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), which predicts a 250 percent increase in European bookings for Easter compared to 2021. Citing ForwardKeys data and feedback collected at the FITUR tourism fair in Madrid this month, […]

World Tourism Bodies Agree ‘Travel Restrictions Don’t Work’, Call for Coordinated Approach

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Photo source: @eraaorg Travel measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 have not worked, said sector associations worldwide this week, welcoming a call by the World Health Organization (WHO) for restrictions on travel to be lifted or eased and urging for a harmonized approach. WHO has said that restrictions on travel are not only […]

Covid-19 Cripples Greece’s Food and Drink Industry

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Greece’s food and drink operations are still trying to recover from Covid-19, which has led to a 50 percent decline in turnover in the 2020-2021 period and brought more businesses closer to the risk of closure. In an interview to Greek daily Naftemporiki, Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen, and Merchants (GSEVEE) President Giorgos Kavvathas said […]

Greece Submits €3.6bn RRF Payment Request to European Commission

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Photo source: European Parliament / ©BELGA/AFP/L.Gouliamaki The European Commission said this week it would be assessing in the next two months a request made by Greece for the disbursement of 3.6 billion euros in financial support under the EU’s post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Greece submitted the request for the first pre-financing payment –

TUI Chief Sees Reason to Be Positive in 2022

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Friedrich Joussen, the head of one of the world’s largest leisure travel operators TUI said there was good reason to be optimistic in 2022 and that travel demand was focused more on the Mediterranean. “Looking ahead to the 2022 summer season, we are positive,” said Joussen in an interview published on the group’s website. The company’s […]

TUI Group Sees Recovery, Normal Booking Levels in 2022

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Global leisure travel giant TUI Group said bookings for 2022 are “encouraging” and that it expects in summer 2022 to recover booking levels, adding that it has so far achieved 69 percent of pre-crisis level bookings. Announcing its fourth financial quarter results for 2021, the global tour operator said it was “taking another step out […]

Moody’s Says Tourism Behind Greece’s Resilience to Covid-19

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Athens, Syntagma square. Photo: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas Greece’s resilience to the Covid-19 shock is a result of a strong tourism industry, according to credit agency Moody’s, which said that the recovering sector will drive economic growth and fiscal adjustment in European countries that are highly dependent tourism. According to Moody’s data, tourist arrivals […]

WTTC Commends Greece for Safe, Positive Tourism Opening

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Acropolis, Athens. Archive photo by GTP The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) praised Greece this week for successfully opening up to tourists during the Covid-19 health crisis and for achieving safety through the implementation of strict protocols. In an interview to the Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA), Communications Executive at WTTC Elena Corina Rodríguez said

Athens Mayor: People-centered Policies Needed to Address Climate Change

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In efforts to improve the standard of living in the Greek capital and address climate change, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said this week that he was considering reinstating the “daktylios” odd/even traffic regulation system. Dubbing the decades-old system the “Green Daktylios”, the mayor announced the idea during the “Citizen Sustain: Building a Better Urban