Aiming to promote Greece’s winter tourism options, the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) recently supported the Pierra Creta international mountain skiing event. A bi-annual mountaineering event, Pierra Creta was held on Mt Psiloritis on the island of Crete, during March 4 and 5. According to GNTO Secretary General Dimitris Fragakis, the organization’s new
Photo source: Municipality of Chania The municipality of Chania on Crete is hoping to launch Greece’s first Citizens Tourism Service Center (KEP) which would offer visitors and tourists assistance and information as well as documentation on tourism-related issues. The initiative was tabled by Chania Mayor Panagiotis Simantirakis at a meeting on Monday with Greek National
The Aristotle Municipality in Eastern Halkidiki, through a recent livestreaming event, introduced its wine routes and cultural heritage sites to travel agents from Portugal, Spain and Sicily. Organized by the municipality, the Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) office in Italy, the Sicily Tour Operators Association and Kyklos Travel, the event was held in early
The War Museum in Athens The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) is taking action to promote military tourism sites in Greece including museums, historic monuments and infrastructure. Following a memorandum of cooperation signed last year between the ministries of culture, tourism and national defense, the GNTO recently announced that it will include 27 military
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: Municipality of Athens Social media users in China and all over the world on New Year’s Eve saw a number of Athens’ landmark sites and locations through a live streaming video on China’s WeChat Channel. As the city ushered in 2022, WeChat users had the chance to “travel” to the Acropolis, the Athenian […]
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) service in China was recently honored with the “WeChat Channels Creator Plan” award by WeChat, China’s largest social media platform. WeChat is a multi-purpose instant messaging, social media and mobile payment app operated by the Tencent group. The GNTO was honored for implementing best practices and using WeChat for […]
The Greek destinations of Central Macedonia and Heraklion, Crete, were presented to Polish tourism professionals through a number of B2B meetings at the Greek Tourism Workshop held this month in Warsaw. The workshop took place on December 9 and was sponsored by the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO). Central Macedonia was introduced as the event’s […]
The Greek Tourism Ministry and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) this week launched a new winter marketing campaign that promotes Greece’s mainland destinations. The new “Greece does have a winter” campaign, part of the country’s main “All you want is Greece” campaign, is aimed at promoting winter tourism and all the activities guests […]
The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) promoted Greece and its luxury tourism offerings to international travel professionals during the recent 20th International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) in Cannes, France. Held earlier in December, the event brought together luxury travel professionals from 73 countries with over 1,300 luxury travel suppliers from across the

















