Photo: GTP The Greek Culture Ministry has submitted a nomination file for the inscription of Zagori as a Cultural Landscape on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Zagori is an area of unique natural beauty in Epirus, western Greece. Covering an area of some 1,000sqkm, it includes 46 villages, also known as Zagorochoria, as well as the […]
Photo source: UNWTO The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced that it will hold the 1st Global Youth Tourism Summit (GYTS) in Sorrento, Italy, during June 27 – July 3. The summit will bring children and youth from every global region together, giving them a platform to share their vision and hopes for the sector. […]
Greek carrier AEGEAN has announced the launch of a high-speed inflight broadband, powered by the European Aviation Network (EAN). The award-winning connectivity solution, provided by Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom, will be installed on all existing and new AEGEAN Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft by 2025, with the first seven already in service. “We are very […]
Greek hotel company Anatolia Hospitality has appointed Dimitra Nikoli as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dimitra Nikoli Dimitra is a tourism executive with a long experience in the hospitality and business development sectors, having held positions in hotel management, media, public and guest relations, marketing and sales. In her previous
A new study by Accor, a world leading hospitality group, reveals Greece as the third most desirable European destination in 2022 for people surveyed in five key tourism markets, namely the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Russia. The research forms part of an in-depth Northern Europe Travel Trends Report published by Accor, examining how […]
Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa, Kastoria. Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry will allocate 2.1 million euros for the restoration and upgrade of cultural monuments in the area of Kastoria, western Macedonia. The project will be funded by the EU’s post-Covid-19 Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) with works expected to begin soon. According to
The Olympia Municipal Music Theatre ‘Maria Callas’, located near Athens city center, will host a number of music performances and art exhibitions during the next three months, as part of the municipality’s new cultural program announced earlier this week. Athens’ cultural program will run between February and May. The theater reopened its doors in the […]
The Municipality of Thessaloniki is implementing a 1.3-million euro project for the upgrade of the city’s bicycle network with the aim to promote alternative ways of transport and micromobility*. Works are already underway in the western part of the city and will gradually expand to include Kontouriotou, Salaminos, Polytexniou and Anagenniseos streets. According to an […]
Naxos island, Greece. Photo source: @Visit Greece The Evening Standard, UK’s quality free daily newspaper, recently published a list featuring 20 of the most beautiful Greek islands that travelers should visit during the upcoming summer season. The newspaper searched among 227 inhabited islands and selected some of the most beautiful and lesser-known Greek destinations
Low-cost carrier Ryanair pledged this week to boost passenger capacity to Greece over the next five years as part of its expansion plan. The company said it had put forward its proposal to the Greek Tourism Ministry and was waiting for a response. More specifically in its rapid growth plan submitted in September 2021, Ryanair […]


















