Kikilias to Attend EU Tourism Minister Conference in Dijon

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias will be joining his European counterparts in Dijon, France, to attend the Conference of Tourism Ministers of the EU during March 17-18. Organized by France as holder of the presidency of the Council of the EU, the Conference of Tourism Ministers will be chaired by […]

Study: Greece Holding Strong in EU Short-term Rental Demand

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Greece is holding strong in Europe in terms of overnight short-term rental bookings, according to a study released this week by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency. The agency’s first statistics on short-term accommodation cover national, regional and city-level data on the number of stays booked and the number of nights spent in 2018 and 2019 […]

EU Commissioner: ‘We Can’t Go Back to Tourism As We Knew It’

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Photo source: @Thierry Breton Three challenges must be addressed before the EU could call it summer in the aftermath of Covid-19, said Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton in a post on the European Commission’s blog on Tuesday. Under the title “Sea, Vax & Sun – Let’s Get Set for Summer”, Breton lists three […]

Greece Among 7 Countries to Launch EU Digital Covid Certificate

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Photo source: @European Commission The EU Digital Covid Certificate has gone live in seven EU member states, including Greece, the European Commission announced on Tuesday. This means that Greece, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Croatia and Poland have already connected to the EU gateway and started issuing the first digital Covid certificates. “Seven

Commission Sees ‘Glimmer of Hope’ for EU Tourism this Summer

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Photo source: europarl.europa.eu The European Commission on Tuesday said there is a “glimmer of hope” for EU tourism this summer, considering that the Covid-19 vaccination process in member states moves faster to allow for holiday trips to become a reality. Speaking in a debate on “Saving the summer tourist season – EU support for the […]

European Commission to Propose Covid-19 Vaccination Certificate for Travel

By admin 16 Μαρτίου 2021 No comment

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Photo source: European Commission The European Commission is scheduled this week to submit its proposal to the European Parliament for the establishment of an EU-wide digital vaccination certificate to facilitate safe travel in the post-Covid-19 era. “The aim is to facilitate safe free movement of citizens in the EU,” the Commission recently tweeted, having said […]

Greece Tables Tourism Recovery Recommendations to Commission

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Greek Tourism Minister Harry Theoharis made a series of recommendations for the post-Covid-19 recovery of tourism in a letter to European Commissioner Thierry Breton, including the introduction of shared rules so as to restore confidence among the traveling public. Theoharis sent a letter to Breton, who oversees upcoming EU legislation, ahead of an EU tourism […]

European Tourism Federations Urge EU-wide ‘Covid-normal’ Health Code

By admin 18 Νοεμβρίου 2020 No comment

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The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) has joined a European partnership of tourism federations calling on the European Commission to show resolve and proceed with actions that will ensure a unified health, safety and communication protocol so that travel can resume in the post-Covid-19 era and confidence be restored during travel and at the destination. SETE, […]

Commission: Helping EU Tourism Businesses Recover from Covid-19

By admin 14 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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The European Commission said on Wednesday that its proposed Tourism and Transport package of guidelines and recommendations aims to help the EU tourism sector recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, by supporting businesses and ensuring that Europe continues to be the number one destination for visitors. “We propose a common European approach to managing what

Tourism to Receive Portion of EU Covid-19 Recovery Fund

By admin 1 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Tourism may receive 20 to 25 percent of a recovery fund for sectors in the EU most affected by Covid-19, according to Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market. EU leaders on April 23 agreed to work towards establishing a recovery fund, which “is needed and urgent”, as underlined by European Council President Charles […]