The Greek Tourism Ministry and the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) on Thursday announced plans to promote the destinations of Central Greece to the world as ideal for all year round city breaks. The announcement followed a meeting between Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias and Central Greece Governor Fanis Spanos to exchange views on the […]
Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias met with Athens’ municipal and regional authorities as well as representatives of trade associations. The operation of shops in the historic center of the Greek capital and ways to enhance the Athens city break tourist experience topped the agenda of talks between Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias, municipal and regional authorities, and
Visitors from the United Kingdom to Greece next year are expected to increase by 35 percent compared to 2021, Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias recently told the Financial Times. According to the minister, the rise will equal the record level of some 3.6 million UK tourists to Greece in 2019. “Having met most of the […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias said ministry and government efforts to establish Greece as a safe destination that is open to all tourists was paying off with tourism revenues this year expected to surpass 10 billion euros. Speaking to Open channel, Kikilias said travel receipts were already above initial projections of 5-6 billion euros and […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias at the ExCeL expo center in London. Holiday bookings for summer 2022 for travel to Greece are already on the rise, according to Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias. Speaking on Open TV on Sunday, Kikilias reported a 30 percent increase in early bookings made in October for the summer of […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias recently told British journalist Richard Quest that Greece in 2022 will be open all year round to welcome tourists. Speaking on CNN’s show “Quest Means Business”, on the sidelines of the recent WTM London expo, the tourism minister underlined that – considering that nothing radical occurs due to the pandemic […]
Greece achieved its goal for 2021 recovering 50 percent of pre-pandemic tourism revenues, said Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias, adding that the time was right to promote off-season travel and new destinations. Speaking recently on SKAI television, the minister added that international arrivals in September recouped almost 75 percent of 2019 levels for the same month.
Greece’s tourism sector is aiming to fully recover significant losses incurred by Covid-19 in 2022, said Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias in an interview to Sky News from London, where he is attending the World Travel Market (WTM) 2021 this week. Kikilias said Greece took a “calculated risk” in 2020 by opening up to tourism when […]
Budget airline easyJet is to add 500,000 air passenger seats to departures from the UK to Greek destinations, the Greek Tourism Ministry said on Wednesday. According to a deal between the ministry and easyJet, sealed on the sidelines of the WTM London expo, the airline will allocate 1.6 million passenger seats to Greece next year, […]
Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias and UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili. Adapting sustainable practices and upgrading tourism services in this direction topped a meeting agenda between Greek Tourism Minister Vasilis Kikilias and World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili this week during the World Travel Market (WTM)


















