UNWTO Poll: Experts Expect 2019 Tourism Levels in 2024

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Photo source: UNWTO Nearly half of sector experts (45 percent) expect to see international tourism returning to pre-pandemic 2019 levels in 2024 or later with 43 percent expecting better days in 2023, according to the latest UNWTO Panel of Experts released this week. A closer look at the data reveals that experts forecasting a 2024 […]

Greek Hoteliers Expect Tourism Normalcy in 2022

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Greek hoteliers are expecting tourism normalcy in 2022, according to Hellenic Hoteliers Federation (POX) President Grigoris Tasios. Speaking recently to the Athens News Agency (ANA), Tasios said he expected tourism-related revenues for 2021 to reach 50 percent of 2019 levels – some 10 billion euros or even more when taking into account September and October […]

G7 Transport, Health Ministers Agree to Plan for Safe Tourism Reopening

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UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps Reopening tourism safely and sustainably topped the agenda of a recent G7 transport and health ministers meeting in the UK as part of efforts to get economies rolling in the aftermath of Covid-19. In this direction, the health and transport ministers from the world’s major economies agreed on seven key […]

Athens Mayor: People-centered Policies Needed to Address Climate Change

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In efforts to improve the standard of living in the Greek capital and address climate change, Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said this week that he was considering reinstating the “daktylios” odd/even traffic regulation system. Dubbing the decades-old system the “Green Daktylios”, the mayor announced the idea during the “Citizen Sustain: Building a Better Urban

Twin Influencers Promote Greece on China Central Television

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The Greek Twins on CCTV Τwin influencers Marianna and Sofia Erotokritou, Greece’s tourism ambassadors to China, promoted Greece’s natural beauty and culture through a four-minute video that aired recently on China Central Television (CCTV). The video was produced in cooperation with the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) service in China. Also known as the Greek

Greece to Allow Cruise Ships from Turkish Ports, Indoor Hotel Pools to Operate

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Greece’s committee of Covid-19 experts have given their approval for the country to allow the arrival of cruise ships from Turkey, the operation of indoor swimming pools in hotels and of conferences in closed spaces, said Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias on Thursday. Speaking to SKAI radio, Kikilias said the committee was open to allowing cruise […]

Greece and Slovakia to Join Forces in Tourism

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Slovakia’s Transport Ministry State Secretary Katarína Bruncková and Greek Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki. Greece and Slovakia agreed this week to work together in the area of tourism as part of efforts to strengthen ties between the two countries. In this direction, Greece’s Deputy Tourism Minister Sofia Zacharaki and Slovakia’s Transport Ministry State Secretary

EU Commission Commends Greece for post-Covid-19 Progress

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European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni. Photo © European Union – Source: EP Greece is moving faster towards growth approaching pre-Covid-19 crisis levels, said European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni during a two-day virtual event this week organized by the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE). Gentiloni joined Greek Finance

Covid-19: Greece Ready to Impose Measures in High-risk Areas

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Greek health authorities have ruled out the possibility of a country-wide lockdown but are noting that local Covid-19 restrictions will be ordered should the need arise. Most of Northern Greece is on high alert after a surge in cases there with the regions of Halkidiki, Larissa, Kilkis and Thessaloniki listed red as a result of […]

Greece Prepares Two New Campaigns to Win Over Tourists in Winter, Spring

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Photo source: @Visit Greece The Greek Τourism Μinistry and the Greek National Tourism Organization will be launching two campaigns to promote Greece as a winter and spring destination, the country’s tourism minister Vassilis Kikilias announced this week. In an interview to Open television, Kikilias said the first campaign is scheduled to run in November, December […]