VAT, a special municipal tax, a property cap and rental time limits are among the actions Greece’s tourism stakeholders are demanding from the government in an attempt to regulate Airbnb-style activities which, they say, are distorting healthy market competition. The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), representing the majority of Greece’s tourism enterprises, is once
The Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) is calling on the government to introduce measures that will support enterprises reliant on tourism from the Russian market and find ways to compensate for losses as a result of the war in Ukraine. In a letter to government officials, including Finance Minister Christos Staikouras and Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, […]
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt and Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias sign the Memorandum of Understanding. Greece and the US are expanding their ties in tourism ahead of the season after Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with US Ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on […]
Greek tourism enterprises are not seeing cancellations for vacations this season, but new bookings have been delayed due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the president of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE), Yiannis Retsos, said on Monday. “The development of bookings for 2022 was very positive at the beginning of the year… However, the unexpected war in […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Photo source: Greek Tourism Ministry Greece is ready to welcome visitors as the tourism season kicks off earlier thanks to ongoing efforts by the ministry and industry stakeholders, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias during the naming ceremony of a TUI fly aircraft on Crete on Monday. Speaking during the event […]
Santorini island, Greece. Photo source: @Aegean Islands One in four travelers chose to holiday on one of the South Aegean islands placing the region in the lead in terms of Greece’s arrivals, overnight stays and revenues in 2021, said Regional Governor Giorgos Hatzimarkos recently. Citing Bank of Greece data, Hatzimarkos said the region surpassed by […]
Photo source: @Cruise Lines International Association Global cruise and tourism associations welcomed the announcement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it had dropped all guidance for cruise travel. After two years of warnings against cruise travel, the CDC last week updated its previous “Cruise Ship Travel Health Notice”, which had sparked […]
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni at the Ottoman bath in the castle of Ioannina. The Greek Culture Ministry has announced a strategic plan to restore and promote the landmark Ioannina castle in Western Greece. “A set of projects and studies carried out in the area, are expected to change both the castle and the city,” Culture Minister […]
Greek health authorities said this week that Covid-19 measures would remain as is through to the end of the month and that the possibility of a fourth booster shot for the whole population was under consideration. Infectious disease expert Vana Papaevangelou said the country’s Covid committee had decided against lifting any more measures until the […]
The Greek National Tourism Organization’s (GNTO) branch in Scandinavia has been named Norway’s Best Foreign Tourism Office for 2021 at the annual Grand Travel Awards (GTA). The awards are organized for the last 25 years by the Norwegian and Swedish editions of Travel News, a leading travel magazine in Scandinavia. Travel News recently presented GNTO […]