Survey: Dutch Travelers Choose Greece for its Hospitality, Food, Weather

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Dutch vacationers choose Greece mainly for its hospitality, delicious cuisine and mild climate, according to a survey conducted by Griekenland.net, a website offering info and holiday tips about Greece’s islands and mainland. Every year, Griekenland.net conducts research to define why the Dutch love going on holiday to Greece. A total of 1,781 travelers took part […]

Greece Performing ‘Below Expectations’ on Innovation

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Athens, Greece. Photo Source: Visit Greece /Y Skoulas Greece ranks 47th on a list of 132 of the world’s most innovative countries, performing “below expectations”, according to the Global Innovation Index (GII) recently published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Relative to GDP, Greece’s performance is below expectations for its level of

German Media Commend Greece for Tourism ‘Blessing’

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Greece’s “success” in winning over travelers this summer and fall featured in the German press this week, which described the country as a tourism “winner”. Besides managing to achieve strong incoming tourist flows during the Covid-19 pandemic, Greece is also successfully extending its tourism season, the reports said, with German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung adding that […]

Tourism Comeback Boosts July Retail Trade in Greece

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Stronger tourist flows to Greece in July stimulated retail trade with sales increasing by 13.3 percent, according to findings released this week by the Greek statistical authority (ELSTAT). More specifically, overall turnover in retail for July increased by 13.3 percent against July 2020 and was up by 1.0 percent compared to June. The retail trade […]

Greece Still Has a Long Way to Go to Win Over Digital Nomads

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Photo source: sepe.gr An increasing number of digital nomads are considering Greece as an option motivated by its history and culture, according to a recent study conducted by Remote, a network of remote-first tech companies. Study findings reveal that Athens is ranked 63rd on a list of 100 destinations identified by remote workers. However, though […]

Elivi Skiathos Hotel Opens to New Markets, Gets on CNT’s ‘Best’ List

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Elivi Skiathos The Elivi Skiathos hotel said goodbye to the summer of 2021 having gained a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s “10 Best Resorts in Greece” list according to the results of the luxury travel magazine’s Readers’ Choice Awards. The votes of Condé Nast Traveler readers placed Elivi Skiathos in the 7th place. According to […]

Minister: Greece’s Tourism Season Not Over, Visitors Still Coming

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Athens, Greece Tourist flows to Greece are still robust despite Covid-19, but the achievement is not by chance, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias on Tuesday. “Greek tourism is not on autopilot. It wasn’t last year either. Great efforts have been made in the midst of the pandemic,” he said in an interview to SKAI television. Kikilias […]

Demand for European Short-term Rentals Returning to High levels, Says AirDNA

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Demand for European short-term rentals is returning to high levels, despite the challenges of the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, a recent analysis by AirDNA found. The company tracked more than 42.3 million nights sold in August 2021, which was the highest number of listing nights sold since the start of the pandemic. Still though, it […]

Greece on Long-haul Traveler ‘Wish List’ for Autumn, Winter Trips

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Greece is among the leading destinations of choice for potential long-haul vacationers in five overseas markets who are look to travel abroad in the coming three months, says a survey released recently by the European Travel Commission (ETC) and Eurail BV. According to the latest “Long-Haul Travel Barometer 3/2021 (LHTB)” on intentions to travel to […]

Greeks Believe Climate Change a ‘Very Serious Problem’, Says Survey

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The vast majority of Greeks (84 percent) believe climate change is a very serious problem affecting the planet (above the EU average of 76 percent), while more than half (58 percent) said they had already taken individual action to combat climate change over the last six months, a recent Eurobarometer study found. According to the […]