Greece and Jordan Rekindling Tourism Ties

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Greece and Jordan tourism authorities met this week to discuss ways to reignite tourist flows between the two countries in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Members of the Jordan Tourism Board visited Athens this week and met with Greek tourism stakeholders and officials to discuss ways of cooperation. In an interview to the Athens […]

FinMin: Greece Sets Ambitious Targets for 2022

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Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras. Photo source: @cstaikouras Greece is aiming to exit its enhanced surveillance status in 2022, said Finance Minister Christos Staikouras this week during the 4th Athens Investment Forum. The minister said Greece was on track for a strong economic recovery and presented the government’s policy which prioritizes achieving

Mayor: Athens Urban Regeneration Program Largest in Decades

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Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis. Photo source: @Olympia Forum An ongoing urban overhaul of Athens that includes the redevelopment of central Panepistimiou St and Syntagma Square, city park projects, pedestrian walkways, and city square and park cleaups, is the largest such program to take place in the Greek capital in the last decades, said Athens Mayor

Elevate Greece: Almost 10% of Registered Startup Companies Are Active in Tourism

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Almost 10 percent of the companies registered in Elevate Greece, the official platform for the Greek startup ecosystem, are involved in the tourism sector, according to Michael Dritsas, chief of staff of Deputy Development and Investments Minister Christos Dimas. Speaking during a recent online tourism conference organized by Skywalker.gr, Dritsas said the platform

Greece Hopes to Become Frontrunner in Sustainable Tourism

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Greek journalist Ilias Bellos, Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, Athens International Airport (AIA) CEO Yiannis Paraschis and TEMES SA Chairman Achilles Constantakopoulos. Greece is setting ambitious goals hoping to become a leader in sustainable tourism development, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias during the 1st Athens ESG & Climate Crisis Summit by

Greece: September Hotel Occupancy Levels on Crete, Rhodes Reach 65%

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Tourists are still coming to Greece with September occupancy levels on the islands of Rhodes and Crete at 65 percent, said Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias during the Olympia Forum II conference organized by the Delphi Economic Forum and Patris newspaper. The minister said search and arrival figures were indicative of the season’s success and were […]

Greece Needs Plan to Address Climate Change Impact on Tourism

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diaNEOsis Editorial Director Thodoris Georgakopoulos and EKPA Professor Konstantinos Kartalis Greece needs a 30-year adjustment plan to address climate change before it negatively impacts tourism and agriculture, said Athens University Professor Konstantinos Kartalis during the 1st Kathimerini Summit – ESG held in Athens this week. “We need an adaptation plan for each

Ancient Olympia Shows its Best Through New Promo Video

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A new promotional video of Ancient Olympia and its tourism offerings recently aired in Greece for the first time and impressed thousands of TV viewers. The video was shown on public broadcaster ERT before and after the Olympic flame lighting ceremony that took place in Ancient Olympia on Monday. “This is the first time […]

Athens Needs a Metropolitan Conference Center to Boost Tourism Offering

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Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias with HAPCO & DES representatives Irene Tolis (president), Sissy Lygnou (secretary general) and Yiorgos Kiagias (member of the Board). The creation of a metropolitan conference center in Athens is significant for the Greek capital’s further tourism development, according to Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. In a meeting

Santorini Tourism Plan to Focus on Sustainability

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Sustainable tourism development and crowd management topped the agenda of talks between Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Santorini Mayor Antonis Sigalas this week. Sigalas presented the minister with the strategic tourism plan for the popular Greek island which was among the top performers this year, recording a total of 1.27 million arrivals from January […]