Recovery Fund to Drive Greek Tourism into New Era

By admin 27 Μαΐου 2021 No comment

Alimos Marina. Photo Source: HRADF Greece’s tourism sector stands to gain significantly once its recovery plan is passed in Brussels, and funding is released and channeled into landmark projects, including the expansion the Piraeus port cruise pier, the Alimos Marina, Hellinikon, Asteria Glyfada, and Athens Airport, which will in turn create thousands of jobs. Tourism […]

Commission Revises Greece Growth Forecast Upward

By admin 12 Μαΐου 2021 No comment

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Photo Source: Visit Greece / Y. Skoulas The European Commission revised upward on Wednesday its forecast for Greek GDP growth to 4.1 percent in 2021 and 6 percent in 2022 making a modestly higher estimate compared to its February predictions of 3.5 percent in 2021 and 5 percent in 2022. Employment support measures are expected […]

Global Tourism Sector ‘Disappointed’ with UK’s ‘Green List’

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Photo source: @Heathrow Airport Global tourism and travel stakeholders and investors expressed their disappointment this week over the announcement of the UK’s “green list” of countries that won’t require travelers to quarantine on return which excluded popular holiday destinations such as Greece and Spain. Representing the sector worldwide, Gloria Guevara, World Travel

IATA: Global Airline Industry to Remain Cash Negative in 2021

By admin 25 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Covid-19 measures will keep the global the airline industry cash negative throughout 2021, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) revising its previous forecast (November 2020) which has predicted a positive turn in Q4 2021. According to IATA’s recent analysis, airline companies are expected to go cash positive after 2022 with estimates for the cash

Commission: Lockdowns to Weigh on Greek Economy

By admin 12 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Hellenic Parliament, Athens. Photo Source: GTP Continuous measures to address Covid-19 are expected to weigh on Greece’s recovery, said the European Commission this week, forecasting real GDP growth by 3.5 percent in 2021, before rising to 5 percent in 2022. For 2020, the Commission estimates Greece’s real GDP to be down by 10 percent. More […]

Greece’s Regional Airports See 2020 Traffic Plunge by 71%

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Covid-19 drove passenger traffic through Greece’s 14 regional airports down by 71.4 percent in 2020 against 2019, according to managing company Fraport Greece. More specifically, according to data provided by the company, the 14 Greek airports handled only 8,611,780 passengers in 2020 compared to 30,150,737 in 2019. Domestic travel dropped by 62.1 percent while

Covid-19: Airlines Begin to Try IATA Travel Pass

By admin 19 Ιανουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Photo source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced partnerships with Emirates and Etihad Airways which will make them among the first airlines in the world to trial IATA Travel Pass – a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line with any government requirements for coronavirus (Covid-19) testing […]

WTTC Says Vaccine Prerequisite for Travel Equals ‘Discrimination’

By admin 12 Ιανουαρίου 2021 No comment

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Photo source: WTTC Setting Covid-19 vaccination as a prerequisite for travel would be equal to “discrimination“, said World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) President & CEO Gloria Guevara on Tuesday. The WTTC has repeatedly stressed that vaccines will help in the long-term, but they must not be a requirement for travel. “It will take a […]

Greece’s 11-month Air Passenger Traffic Nosedives

By admin 15 Δεκεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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Global lockdown and quarantine measures ordered to contain the spread of Covid-19 have hit Greece’s incoming air traffic hard driving it downward by 68.7 percent in the 11-month, January-November period, the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) said this week. More specifically, passenger traffic through Greece’s airports dropped by 68.7 percent in the January-November

Interview – Radu Ciubotaru, wbe.travel: ‘Professionals Must Have a Strategy for 2021’

By admin 14 Δεκεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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People will travel far more in 2021 than in 2020 and the question professionals should be asking themselves is ‘how am I targeting the new 2021 customer?’, Radu Ciubotaru, Director of Business Development of wbe.travel, says. Speaking to GTP Headlines during a time when uncertainty is dominating the travel industry and the main topic worldwide […]