Greece Ready to Welcome TUI Flights and Cruises to Crete

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Photo source: Greek Tourism Ministry Greece is ready to welcome visitors as the tourism season kicks off earlier thanks to ongoing efforts by the ministry and industry stakeholders, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias during the naming ceremony of a TUI fly aircraft on Crete on Monday. Speaking during the event […]

Airbnb Bookings for Summer in Greece Up by 232%

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Bookings for Airbnbs in Greece this summer are up by 232 percent placing the country in the lead in Europe in terms of overall booking performance through to March 1, according to market analysts AirDNA. More specifically, summer bookings for Greece have soared compared to the same period last year with Santorini (up by 552 […]

Greece a Top Choice for UK Holidaymakers Ready to Travel

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More than half of UK travelers are planning a trip abroad in the next 12 months with Greece among their top choices, according to the latest data released by the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA). More specifically, 57 percent of those polled in ABTA’s consumer sentiment study conducted by The Nursery Research and Planning […]

Tourism Minister Wants Hoteliers to Offer Greeks Better Prices

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Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said this week that he would be calling on hoteliers to offer discounts to Greeks after spring in order to ensure that everyone has a chance to holiday. Kikilias told SKAI television that he had already spoken with Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX) Grigoris Tasios, requesting that actions be taken by hoteliers so that […]

Royal Caribbean Group to Launch Winter Cruises from Greece

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Royal Caribbean Group will be operating winter cruises out of Greece starting February 2023, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced this week. Kikilias met with representatives from Royal Caribbean Group to discuss the launch of a new 2,200-passenger culture-themed cruise to homeport in Piraeus and make port calls in Cyprus, Israel and Egypt. Royal Caribbean

Italian Travelers Send Greece Encouraging Signs

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Photo credit: Region of Attica Greek tourism professionals are seeing encouraging signs from Italy with more Italians either search or booking their holidays in Greece. Speaking during a webinar organized by the Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX) ahead of the Milano BIT international travel exhibition next month, POX President Grigoris Tasios said hoteliers were

Greece Looking to Simplify Covid Rules for Tourists

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Source: European Commission / Photographer: Yorgos Karahalis The Greek government plans to look into simplifying the Covid-19 rules and health protocols that travelers need to follow to enter and stay in Greece. In statements to the press this week, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said the government will aim to offer guests a seamless travel experience […]

Thessaloniki Airport to Welcome 16 New Flights This Year

By admin 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Fraport Greece, the managing company of 14 regional airports in the country, announced airlines’ plans to launch at least 16 new flights to Thessaloniki in 2022. Fraport Greece Executive Director of Commercial and Business Development George Vilos announced the news this week during a working meeting with officials from the Central Macedonia Region and the […]

BoG: Greece Travel Receipts Recoup 58.6% of Pre-pandemic Levels

By admin 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Acropolis Museum in Athens. Archive photo © Maria Theofanopoulou Tourism-related revenues in 2021 recovered 58.6 percent of pre-Covid-19 levels amounting to 10.6 billion euros, the Bank of Greece (BoG) said this week. More specifically, according to the country’s central bank, the rise in the services surplus is almost “exclusively attributable to an improvement in the

Greek Tourism Body Calls on Gov’t to Update Covid-19 Protocols

By admin 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 No comment

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Photo © Greek Travel Pages (GTP) The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) is calling on the government to revise Covid-19 health protocols and facilitate travel ahead of the tourism season ensuring the country keeps its competitive edge. In a letter to Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and other government officials, SETE is requesting: – the removal of the […]