A 10-year strategy to meet new traveler demands in the post-Covid-19 era is the next step to ensure Greece maintains its competitive edge as a leading tourism destination, said Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki during her visit to Heraklion, Crete. Citing pre-booking data collected so far, Zacharaki reiterated that signs for the year ahead were […]
Photo Source: @FEG Tourist Guides A mere 4 percent of tourist guides in Europe expect their work to pick up in 2022 while roughly 75 percent expect no more than half of their pre-pandemic, according to a survey released by the European Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (FEG) on occasion of International Tourist Guide Day […]
Photo source: gov.uk UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that starting February 24, all coronavirus restrictions will end and Covid-19 will be treated as other infectious diseases such as the flu. Under the British government’s “Living with Covid” plan, vaccines against the deadly virus will remain as the main line of defense. “Restrictions […]
Μετά την ανακοίνωση από τον Βρετανό πρωθυπουργό, Boris Johnson, της κατάργησης όλων των περιορισμών που εφαρμόζονταν στο εσωτερικό της Αγγλίας για την αντιμετώπιση της πανδημίας, ως μέρος του σχεδίου της κυβέρνησης “Living with Covid”, ο υπουργός Μεταφορών της χώρας, Grant Shapps, διευκρίνισε ότι δεν θα ληφθούν μέτρα έκτακτης ανάγκης ως απάντηση στις νέες παραλλαγές του
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
Photo: Shutterstock Greek authorities are planning to lift Covid-19 measures by the end of March but only for those who are vaccinated, said Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Monday, adding that Omicron was a “dangerous” variant. Plevris said those who had chosen not to get vaccinated are putting themselves and society as a whole at […]
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 […]
Little Venice, Mykonos island. Hospitality service providers in Greece saw turnover rise by 118.3 percent in 2021 over a year earlier with the popular island of Mykonos leading the way, according to the annual report released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). The Regional Unit of Mykonos recorded the largest increase in 2021 where turnover […]
Η ελεύθερη είσοδος σε όλους τους ταξιδιώτες, ανεξάρτητα με την εμβολιαστική τους κατάσταση, θα επιτρέπεται, από την 1η Μαρτίου, στο Ισραήλ. Ο Ισραηλινός πρωθυπουργός, Naftali Bennett, και ο υπουργός Υγείας της χώρας, Nitzan Horowitz, ανακοίνωσαν ένα σχέδιο για τη χαλάρωση ορισμένων ταξιδιωτικών περιορισμών για τον Covid, το οποίο θα τεθεί σε ισχύ την 1η Μαρτίου. […]
The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (HCAA) on Saturday issued an update to its Covid-19 aviation directives (NOTAMs) that have the rules travelers arriving in Greece on international flights must follow. All travelers to Greece must submit the mandatory Passenger Locator Form (PLF) any time before the departure of their flight. Moreover, inbound travelers to Greece […]


















