Photo source: @Thessaloniki Travel Thessaloniki’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites are now available on the Google Arts & Culture online platform. The arts & culture platform features high-resolution images and videos of artworks and cultural artifacts from Google’s partner cultural organizations throughout the world. Through the platform, internet users can take a
The majority of Greek hoteliers are expecting turnover to reach pre-pandemic (2019) levels in 2023 or later, according to a recent survey released by the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP). The main findings of the survey showed that 32.6 percent of Greek hoteliers expect turnover to reach 2019 levels in 2023. A lower […]
After a year of absence due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Rhodes International Marathon event will return to the island of Rhodes for its eighth edition on April 10. Last year, the event was held in a virtual form with the participation of over 2,000 runners from 44 countries. Registration for the 2022 marathon […]
Photo source: Paranesti Municipality A new Hollywood production starring Robert De Niro is expected to start filming in the village of Paranesti, in the area of Drama, northern Greece, in a few months. The news was confirmed by Anastasios Kagiaoglou, Mayor of Paranesti, a small village located in the regional unit of Drama, where filming […]
Photo source: aodos.gr The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) has launched an international tender for the new concession of Attiki Odos, a 70km motorway system in Attica. The concession concerns Attiki Odos’ financing, operation and maintenance for a duration of 25 years. HRADF’s tender process will be conducted in two phases: a pre-qualification phase […]
Photo source: @Municipality of Rhodes The Greek islands of Rhodes and Santorini are included in the Top 22 Trending Destinations in the World, according to TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards for 2022. The travel guidance platform has announced the first of its highly anticipated annual community-powered awards for 2022: the Best of the Best Destinations. “Despite […]
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has announced that its highly anticipated 21st Global Summit will take place in Manila, Philippines, δθρινγ 20-22 April. Initially scheduled to take place in March, the summit has been rescheduled for April to allow more participants to join the event, among them WTTC members, industry leaders and key government […]
Mykonos island, Greece. Photo source: @Visit Greece The Greek island of Mykonos is home to one of Europe’s most beautiful luxury hotels, the Cavo Tagoo, a new global research by Money.co.uk. reveals. Money.co.uk. analyzed over 10 million Instagram hashtags associated with the world’s five-star hotels. The ones with the most Instagram hashtags were then ranked […]
Athens, Greece. Photo © Y. Skoulas. Source: Visit Greece Tourism activity in Greece picked up in the last months of 2021, with November revenues exceeding 2020 figures and coming very close to pre-Covid-19 levels and 11-month revenues reaching 10.4 billion euros, said the Bank of Greece on Thursday. More specifically, tourism revenues in November 2021 […]
Photo source: ICAO Global passenger traffic recovered modestly in 2021, with the latest International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) economic impact analysis of Covid-19 on civil aviation revealing that the number of passengers worldwide was 2.3 billion, up from the 60 percent drop seen in 2020 but 49 percent below pre-pandemic (2019) levels. Global seat capacity […]


















