Photo Source: @Hola Flamenco Festival Aiming to connect Greek and Spanish cultures, the “Hola” Flamenco Festival 2020 will take place for the fourth consecutive year in Athens on August 1. Adapted to the extraordinary conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s event will introduce a mini version of the original annual “Hola” Flamenco Festival. […]
London Travel Week, an event of WTM London, will return in the fall to play a pivotal role in the recovery of the global travel and tourism industry. Scheduled to take place from October 30 – November 5, the event will provide attendees with the first chance to meet since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
The annual Chios Music Festival this summer returns to the Aegean island with a redesigned artistic program and new creative collaborations focusing on Greek artists. Between August 3-8 the festival will take place in various locations around Chios including the Archaeological Museum, the Mastic Museum, the Spyros Stephanou Estate in Kampos and the Vigla of Pachi […]
The Ambassador of Greece to The Netherlands Nikolas Plexidas, the head of the GNTO office in The Netherlands Eleni Skarveli and Travelution Publisher Michel de Lijster. Following the official opening of the tourism season in Greece, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) held a public relations event in The Hague, Netherlands, to promote Greece’s offerings […]
Metaxa Hospitality Group CEO Andras Metaxas and Creta Maris General Manager Nikos Vlasiadis (center) with the flight crew of Condor. The Metaxa Hospitality Group recently welcomed over 150 German tour operators, travel agents and journalists to its Creta Maris Beach Resort in Hersonissos on the island of Crete. The fam trip was held on the […]
Ancient theater in Lavreotiki. Photo Source: Municipality of Lavreotiki The Lavreotiki Municipality said this week that it would be submitting a file to the culture ministry so as to be included on UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites list for its vast history and singular geology. “We’ve started this very important process for our municipality; it is the […]
GNTO headquarters, Athens Aiming to promote activities and events that enrich Greece’s tourist product, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is supporting a number of cultural and sport events taking place in various destinations of the country this summer. Giorgos (Alexis) Zorbas Museum Among the cultural activities supported by the GNTO this summer is an […]
The Thessaloniki Tourism Organization (TTO) presented Greece’s northern port city’s offerings to Chinese tourism professionals during the virtual expo “Partnerships in European Tourism: Virtual Fair”, which was held during June 22-24. An initiative of the European Commission, the event aimed to support efforts for the increase of tourism flows from China to Europe, as well
The archaeological site of Philippi in northern Greece. Source: Ministry of Culture Restoration works budgeted at 3.7 million euros at the UNESCO World Heritage of Philippi in Northern Greece are moving ahead as scheduled, according to Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni who visited the site this week. There are currently two upgrade projects being implemented on
Athens, Greece Athens and the nearby island of Aegina have been selected as the filming locations of a new French feature film, titled “On sourit pour la photo” (Smile for the photo), directed by Francois Uzan. With the support of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO), the production crew will start shooting the film on […]


















