The tourism offerings and experiences of Thessaloniki in northern Greece are currently being promoted through a new video campaign that launched online by an alliance dubbed the Great Tourism Partnership of Central Macedonia. The campaign recently launched with the aim to increase demand for the destination ahead of the opening of Greece’s tourism industry. […]
Alternate Finance Minister Theodore Skylakakis (center) presents the “Ellada 2.0” scheme. Photo source: @Thodoros Skylakakis The Greek tourism sector stands to gain from a total of 57 billion euros in funding out of the country’s national recovery and resilience plan which includes projects, investments and reforms in four key areas and was presented on Wednesday. […]
Greek Finance Minister Christos Staikouras welcomed the news of the European Commission’s proposal for the approval of 2.5 billion euros in additional financial assistance to mitigate unemployment among others from the EU’s SURE tool. Greece together with Belgium, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Malta will be granted 3.7 billion euros in funding out of the 100-billion-euro
Photo source: salute.gov.it Italy has announced that all travelers from EU countries will be required to spend five days in quarantine upon their arrival to the country. According to a decree signed by Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza on Tuesday, all people arriving or returning from European Union countries will be required to take a […]
Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger. Photo source: bmlrt.gv.at © William Tadros As part of efforts to accelerate the rollout of the Digital Green Certificate to be used across Europe for Covid-19 restriction-free travel, Austrian Tourism Minister Elisabeth Köstinger invited 12 of her counterparts to a virtual summit on Monday to discuss common priorities and
Photo source: WTTC The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday urged governments to accept best-in-class rapid antigen tests in fulfillment of Covid-19 testing requirements following the publication of new research by OXERA and Edge Health. “We are already seeing rapid testing becoming commonplace in non-travel settings such as schools and workplaces.
Greece is aiming to get on track to recovery with 160 actions worth 60 billion euros to be channeled into digital transformation, boosting employment, enhancing health, education, and social cohesion, the green economy, and attracting investment. On Monday, during a ministerial meeting, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented the National Recovery Plan, which he
The European Travel Commission (ETC) is seeking partners to co-invest into a pan-European consumer awareness-raising campaign to reinforce consumer confidence in travel and tourism and stimulate pent-up demand for travel in Europe during the summer of 2021. ETC also aims to demonstrate the travel industry’s proactive collaboration to provide safe and seamless travel
Photo source: Athens Traders Association (ESA) Greek authorities are seeking ways to re-open retail in an attempt to get the ailing economy going after all efforts to ease lockdown measures are being pushed back due to increasing Covid-19 infection rates. Greece’s committee of Covid-19 experts will convene on Wednesday instead of Friday to reassess the […]
Photo Source: thehellinikon.com One of the most ambitious projects in Greece, the mega Hellinikon investment at Athens’ former airport in the southern suburbs on the coast, moves closer to implementation after Greek parliament ratified this week the contract transferring partial ownership of area at the former airport site to Greek developer Lamda Development, paving the


















