Photo source: @Aegean Airlines Air travel must be ‘reinvented’ as people discover travel again after more than two years of Covid-19, AEGEAN Airlines Corporate Affairs Manager Maria Spyridaki said during a hospitality and tourism conference in Athens on Thursday. Titled “Hospitality goes live Athens. The future is now”, the conference was part of the COCO-MAT […]
Greece’s Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP) has announced its new Board of Directors following its general assembly that took place on March 15. Konstantina Svinou has been re-elected as the institute’s president. An initiative of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, ITEP is a non-profit institute launched in 1996 to study the hospitality and tourism […]
A film by Ukrainian director Aleksandr Zaporoshchenko about the everyday life of monks in a monastery on Greece’s Mount Athos will start screening in Greek cinemas from April 14. Titled “Where are you Adam?”, the film takes a look inside the Docheiariou Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries on the Athos peninsula in northern Greece. […]
Photo source: @Wizz Air Wizz Air, a fast-growing airline in Europe, has announced new routes that will connect the island of Skiathos in Greece with three airports in Italy this summer. As of June, passengers will be able to fly to Skiathos from the international airports of Rome Fiumicino, Bari Karol Wojtyla International Airport and […]
Photo source: WTM London The World Travel Market (WTM) is inviting destinations and businesses that wish to showcase their sustainable credentials to enter the WTM World Responsible Tourism Awards 2022. Launched in 2004, the awards recognize and reward businesses and destinations which are contributing to a more sustainable and responsible tourism industry. Winners are
The area of Pervola, Medieval city, Rhodes. Photo source: Culture Ministry The Greek Culture Ministry has announced a 42-million-euro project for the protection, preservation and promotion of archaeological sites and cultural monuments on the Dodecanese islands. The project – to be financed by the Recovery Fund – includes works on a number of sites dating […]
The Municipality of Athens recently completed the revamp of the historic Konistra park and its sports facilities in the area of Petralona. A part of the municipality’s “Adopt your city” program, the project included the upgrade of the park’s basketball and tennis courts. The Konitsa park project is also part of the city’s ongoing program […]
The National Theater of Rhodes will be fully restored and operational by the end of 2025, Greek Culture Minister Lina Mendoni announced last week. Following a meeting on Friday with South Aegean Governor George Hatzimarkos and Rhodes Mayor Antonis Kabourakis, Mendoni said the project’s tender will launch within the first six months of 2022. Budgeted […]
Madrid, Spain The Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) has reopened its branch office in Madrid aiming to promote Greece as a destination to Spanish travelers. After remaining closed for almost a decade, the GNTO office in Spain restarted its operation a few weeks ago and is housed in the Greek Embassy in Madrid. Among the […]
Church of the Seven Martyrs. Photo source: Municipality of Sifnos The Spanish edition of Condé Nast Traveller has highlighted the Greek island of Sifnos as the world’s best destination to take photos with an instant camera (polaroid photos). “At a time when we question the impact of instatourism, new alternatives are emerging that reverse the […]


















