The Venetian Castle of Koules in Herakleion, Crete. Photo Source: @Incredible Crete The Greek island of Crete is winning over prospective travelers thanks to its effective management of the coronavirus pandemic and due to the low number of Covid cases on the island, according to a study released this week by the Western Crete Tourism […]
Air France – KLM on Thursday said it expects a challenging first quarter 2021, following its losses from the fourth quarter of 2020, due to the lockdown and travel restrictions still in place due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. “2020 tested the Air France-KLM Group with the most severe crisis ever experienced by the air […]
Austrian Airlines on Wednesday announced that a number of Greek destinations will be on its schedule with increased frequency for the summer of 2021. “We are expecting increased demand in the tourism sector in summer and are therefore increasing our offer to vacation destinations by up to 20 percent from July,” said Austrian Airlines CCO […]
A standard vaccination certificate that would enable safe travel and allow countries to restart tourism is gaining ground with Sweden, Austria and Denmark being the latest to introduce the documents. Earlier this year, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for a unified digital vaccination certificate to be used and accepted across the EU. The proposal […]
Hellenic Parliament, Athens Greece ranked 30th on a list of 60 of the world’s most innovative countries, according to the recently released “Bloomberg Innovation Index 2021”. The annual index ranks the world’s 60 most innovative countries using seven criteria, including research & development expenditure as a percentage of GDP, productivity, patent activity,
Photo source: corfu.gr The Greek island of Corfu is among the top 5 international destinations of choice for UK nationals planning to travel this year, according to analytics firm ForwardKeys. More specifically, the Ionian island of Corfu together with Orlando, Faro, Las Vegas, and Ibiza are the leading choices for travel according to Air Ticket […]
Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis on Tuesday clarified that Greece this year will be open to all visitors holding either a negative molecular Covid-19 test or a vaccination certificate when entering the country. Wanting to put an end to rumors that Covid-19 vaccination will be the exclusive prerequisite for travel to Greece, the minister told […]
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) is calling on the government to extend its new (seventh) round of refundable financial assistance also to tourism businesses. The “repayable advance” measure, known in Greek as “epistreptea prokatavoli”, is tax-free aid in the form of state loans to businesses affected by the outbreak of Covid-19. Half of (50 percent) […]
Στην αποκάλυψη ότι έχει εμβολιαστεί με την πρώτη δόση κατά της COVID-19 προχώρησε ο 72χρονος Όζι Όσμπορν, μιλώντας στην εκπομπή Loose Women, ενώ η σύζυγός του Σάρον που είναι 68 χρόνων είπε ότι θα εμβολιαστεί σε δύο εβδομάδες. «Ένιωσα σαν μια μαχαιριά» είπε γελώντας ο ροκ σταρ. «Το χέρι μου πονούσε, αλλά χαίρομαι που το […]
Photo source: Heathrow Airport Despite the fact that EU countries failed to reach an agreement on a singular vaccination certificate which would enable non-essential and requirement-free travel within the Union, the UK said it would consider “facilitating” travelers wishing to obtain such a document. Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today program, England’s vaccines minister,

















